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Living Prayer 12 reviews
Robert Benson
Tarcher, 1999
guide book to living out our faith
+ Worth every penny and then some
+ Living Prayer
+ The Best Book on Prayer Ever!
+ The Best Book on Prayer Ever!
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Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living 12 reviews
John McQuiston II
Morehouse Publishing, 1996
I Love This Little Book
+ Always We Begin Again
+ THE HARDCOVER COMES WITH CONVENIENT RED RIBBON IMPLANTED FOR PRAYING EITHER IN CHOIR OR ON THE SUBWAY WITHOUT LOSING YOUR PLACE
+ Living Life One Day at a Time
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The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions109 reviews
Huston Smith
HarperOne, 1991
GET A DICTIONARY!
+ pretty good
+ Good quality.
+ Had to get it for class, but...
+ A great book
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New Seeds of Contemplation 45 reviews
Thomas Merton
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1972
An Excellent Gateway to Merton and the Contemplative Life!
+ Classic, Timeless, Beautiful
+ "To hope is to risk frustration. So make up your mind in advance to risk frustration."
+ Good Challenge for a Contemplative Life
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Disciplines for the Inner Life13 reviews
SR & Michael W. Benson Bob Benson
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989
By far the best devotional that I have ever read.
+ Disciplines for the Inner Life - Leather bound edition
+ Excellent, Continual Read
+ A great way to have a daily devotion
+ Gateway to Spiritual Life
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Monet by Himself2 reviews
Richard Kendall
Knickerbocker Press, 1999
To understand Monet one needs to read his letters
+ Monet for Everyone
I learned more about Monet from his letters than I had ever learned in any art history book. Should be a must read for anyone who wants to understand Monet and his paintings.
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Shaped by the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation9 reviews
M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
Upper Room Books, 2001
Offers needed medicine to our souls
+ Must Read
+ Great introduction to Spiritual Reading
+ A Helpful Way to Think about Spiritual Formation
+ Read it again
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Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World17 reviews
Richard J. Foster
HarperOne, 2005
Great Book, Very Insightful
+ Simply Excellent!
+ Personal Freedom as a lifestyle
I took alot away from this book. Foster is an obviously brilliant intellectual that was able to articulate the purpose and meaning of simplicity in a way that was inspiring.
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The Vein of Gold11 reviews
Julia Cameron
Tarcher, 1997
Cameron Has Done It Again!
+ The Vein Runs Deep
+ The Gold-digger...
+ Vein of Gold- a winner!
+ The Vein of Gold opens the creative heart!
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Letter and Papers from Prison16 reviews
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Touchstone, 1997
Insightful and moving letters that transcend human created myth.
+ A book of hope
+ An Example of Faith
+ Journal of a Christian
+ Classic Story of Resistance
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do23 reviews
Studs Terkel
New Press, 1997
This book changed my life
+ Actors note: Character studies abound!
+ A time capsule of American labor and culture
+ Life-altering perspectives
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The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript5 reviews
Rodney Phillips, Susan Benesch, ...
Rizzoli International Publications, 1997
For the aspiring poet, a good read
+ from the exhibition
+ a good representation of an excellent exhibit
+ A nice gift book
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Book of Common Prayer (1979, Personal Size Economy, Black)30 reviews
Church of England, The Episcopal Church
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
The 1979 Book of Common Prayer
+ United with your neighbor in prayer -- pocket edition! (sort of)
+ Book of Common Prayer 1979
+ Great Prayers For Ecumenical Services
+ Very Good!
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Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek6 reviews
Annie Dillard
Harper Perennial, 1990
Unparalleled imagery and use of language
+ American classics. Read them.
+ Classic Dillard
+ Nature in a Different View
+ Dillard's images smell of nature.
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Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition10 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Trade, 2007
Illuminating
+ Deeper Meaning
+ hard work, good stuff
+ who can argue with the content of this book?
+ Two Different Religions-Same Message
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The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days7 reviews
Frederick Buechner
HarperOne, 1991
listen to your life
+ holy goose!
+ once below a time...
+ A reflective, honest book
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Walden Pond (New England Landmarks)
Commonwealth Editions, 2004
One of Commonwealth Editions’ perennials has a beautiful new design, as part of the New England Landmarks series. Color pictures by a professional photographer and lifelong visitor to Walden are matched with quotations from Thoreau’s Walden so that the reader can stand in Thoreau’s shoes, seeing what he saw when he experienced Life in the Woods. McGrath’s posters, postcards, and bookmarks are ...
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Courage For Truth: The Letters Of Thomas Merton To Writers 1 review
Thomas Merton
Harvest Books, 1994
Thanking God For Three Cent Stamps
This is definitely not a Thomas Merton primer. It is the fourth in a series of collected correspondences, with this particular volume devoted to exchanges between the cloistered Catholic monk and man of letters [literally and figuratively] and a bevy of international writers, some famous, some ...
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The Catholic Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated4 reviews
Thomas Nelson, 1990
Third most must-have book for any Catholic
+ Essential reference for Catholic Concepts
+ Essential for the Christian Library
+ ... a MUST for all Catholic homes and churches!
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The Vigil: Keeping Watch in the Season of Christ's Coming2 reviews
Wendy M. Wright
Upper Room Books, 1996
Keeping a Christian Advent and Christmas
+ Nurturing the True Spirit of Advent and Christmas
I received this book four years ago and I have read it for every Advent/Christmas/Epiphany since. Though the circumstances of myself and those I love have changed every year, this book has continued to help me find a means of entering these seasons with faith. The author has stretched my ...
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