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With over 25, 000 copies sold of the hardcover version, this paperback edition of Macrina Wiederkehrs best-selling book invites readers to learn how the practice of consciously pausing for prayer at the seven sacred moments of each day can make their daily passage through time a more sacred pilgrimage. Using scripture, poetry, reflections, personal stories, and quotes from a rich array of spiritual teachers for many religions, Wiederkehr helps...

- Addresses a contemporary issue and helps readers clearly define and understand its real meaning in their lives - Uses shared stories and thoughtful insights to demonstrate how others have handled similar issues - Offers practical suggestions and exercises to help readers put the issue in perspective and find solutions that work

- Addresses a contemporary issue and helps readers clearly define and understand its real meaning in their lives - Uses shared stories and thoughtful insights to demonstrate how others have handled similar issues - Offers practical suggestions and exercises to help readers put the issue in perspective and find solutions that work

Leads readers to reflect on the sacred reality of nature as found in different settings: the seashore, the river, the forest, the desert, and the mountains.

Everyday, men and women become caregivers, often without warning. They find themselves feeling lost as they try to figure out how to adapt. They are forced to make choices they hadn't anticipated, much less prepared for. They need help understanding what is expected of them and what they can realistically provide. They need psychological and spiritual support to cope with the new demands being made on their time and energy. Insight, support an...

This stirring translation of song offerings makes the complete collection of 157 inspiring texts available to a broad audience for the first time.

I'm glad I read these words of wisdom before my daughters became teens.

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Journeys of Courage answers the outcry for stories of healing in the violent and turbulent times in which we live. These are powerful accounts about the transformation and healing experienced by communities that have courageously faced horrendous challenges. These stories vividly demonstrate what has worked for different kinds of communities and how they undertook meaningful healing processes. The stories range from people affected by 9/11 to ...

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With wit and wisdom in Livingston's personal stories, she shares with us her lifetime of taming chaos. She assures us that in the midst of all the "craziness" we can discover as she did, the seeds of creativity and hope.

Coffey acknowledges that parenting is an awesome task, but by seeking out help and support from many sources, the rewards are unlimited.

Family life columnist Thea Jarvis encourages grandparents to participate actively in the lives of their grandchildren. With candor, energy, and wisdom, Jarvis offers an intimate spirituality of grandparenting, a celebration of the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. Each of the ten reflections in The Gift of Grandparenting, complete with lively examples and suggestions, focuses upon opportunities for sharing the gifts ...

Introduces readers to the mystical writers, revealing their insights to be relevant and useful in a modern world.

With over 900, 000 books sold in her writing career, Joyce Rupp remains a leading voice in women's spirituality. Now with an updated preface, "The Star in My Heart" guides readers toward a warmly personal understanding of Sophia, the feminine personification of wisdom. Rupp employs visual metaphors--often involving the natural world--for each chapter to reveal how Sophia guides us through the inner processes of spiritual growth. Each chapter i...

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With practical suggestions and the shared stories of others who have experienced tough times, Kielbasa shows how readers can have faith in what the future may hold.

Smith helps readers discover the joy of growing older, not in looking forward or back, but in living forward...living in the moment.

For anyone feeling too busy or too stressed seeking to simplify their life, this guide maps out several routes to simplicity. For over 300 years, the Quakers have lived out of a spiritual center in a way of life they call "plain living". Their accumulated experiences and distilled wisdom have much to offer anyone seeking greater simplicity today.

With many prayers straight from the personal journals of Joyce Rupp, "Prayers to Sophia" aids readers in reaching new spiritual depths through the exploration of feminine images of the Divine. Vulnerable and instructive in equal amounts, this book of meditative prayers offers fifty entries that include a verse from biblical wisdom literature and conversation starters for women's book groups.