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Body/Mind/Spirit Connection


Anatomy of Hope
Dr. Jerome Groopman
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on March 17, 2005

Jerome Groopman is a fine writer, promises to be a fine book

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Appetites: Why Women Want
Carolyn Knapp
Reviewed by sue on January 7, 2005

Carolyn Knapp was an amazing writer, she makes the art and craft of writing look really easy. This book will fuel your anger if you've ever b...

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BodyPrayer
Doug Pagitt, Kathryn Prill, and Colleen Shealer Olson (illus
Reviewed by Len Evans on March 7, 2006

Prayer Postures

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Pacem in Terris
Frederick Franck
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on October 26, 2005

Rated highly by those who love books about spirituality. On my list to read, I like the concepts mentioned in reviews, using land as a place of h...

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Spirituality & Health magazine

Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on October 16, 2007

For more...

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Muslim Spirituality


What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
John Esposito
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 13, 2005

Recommended by a Muslim friend of mine. Looking forward to reading this one. ...

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Christian Spirituality


A Year with C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works
C.S. Lewis, edited by Patricia S. Klein
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 8, 2007

A great way to preview C.S. Lewis' works, or to just get a daily dose

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Blue Like Jazz
Donald Miller
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on November 20, 2005

Book for the secular seeker

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Dear Heart, Come Home
Joyce Rupp
Reviewed by sue on January 7, 2005

Great book for mid-life spirituality and looking at new questions, seeking fewer answers

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Do What You Have the Power To Do: Studies of Six New Testament Women
Helen Bruch Pearson
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 31, 1969

Women with power from God--a radical concept for some....

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Lying Awake
Mark Salzman
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

Compelling reading...

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Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day
Macrina Wiederkehr
Reviewed by on December 31, 1969

http://www.macrinawiederkehr.com/writings.htm

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The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth
Joyce Rupp
Reviewed by on January 31, 2005

One of Joyce Rupp's best, great gift book too

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When God is Silent
Barbara Brown Taylor
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

One of BBT's best!

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Your God is Too Small
J. B. Phillips
Reviewed by sue on January 13, 2005

Can't recall much about this one, though we read it.... ...

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Hindu Spirituality


A SEARCH IN SECRET INDIA
Paul Brunton
Reviewed by Vijay on February 5, 2005

Yoga, Mysticism, and a Search

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Autobiography of a Yogi
Yogananda
Reviewed by Vijay on February 5, 2005

Yogananda's spiritual quest and Kriya Yoga techniques
March 2006 Book of the Month for us

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On the Road to Freedom: A Pilgrimage in India
Neal Rosner
Reviewed by Vijay on February 5, 2005

The amazing real-life story of a millionaire American, who started a spiritual journey which took him to India,where he found an enlightened mast...

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Fiction with a Spiritual Bent


Pearl
Mary Gordon
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on January 8, 2006

I love Mary Gordon's writing. Gordon has a graceful way of writing about lives of women and their struggles with a sense of faith. This one b...

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Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on May 3, 2008

Jun 9, 2008 hardcover, paperback in June (imported)

Saw Uwem at the Festival of Faith and Writing and he will be at the Chicago Printer's Row Book Fair...
You can see some of his short stories in The New Yorker www.newyorker.com

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Skipping Christmas
John Gresham
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

Want something light around the Christmas holidays? Here's your book: light, funny, with a bit of message thrown in. Good non-threatening boo...

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Spirituality and Social Action


Dangerous Liaisons: Blacks, Gays, and the Struggle for Equality
Eric Brandt, editor
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on October 16, 2007

Call it just one of my pet peeves...

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Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life
Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew Linn
Reviewed by Karen Ball on June 16, 2005

"During the bombing raids of World War II, thousands of children were orphaned and left to starve. The fortunate ones were rescued and placed in ...

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Spirituality and Self-Help


Feel The Fear ...and Beyond: Mastering Techniques for Doing It Anyway
Dr. Susan Jeffers
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 7, 2007

Jeffers wrote Feel the Far and Do it Anyway and this companion book
Feel the Fear...And Beyond:Mastering the Techniques for Doing it Anyway

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Search for Meaning (without a set faith tradition)


Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience
James P. Carse
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on July 8, 2005

A book club in Springfield, IL recommended this to us, so we chose it for our August 2005 book. Carse is also the author of "The Silence of God" ...

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Conversations with God
Neale David Walsch
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

This was the second book our spirituality book club ever read together and it provoked a great deal of conversation in the group. Some loved the ...

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Faster Than the Speed of Light: The Story of A Scientific Speculation
Dr. Joao Magueijo
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on July 24, 2005

Great book, made me laugh and learn something, go figure...
Magueijo gives theoretical physics a human face.

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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Carl Gustav Jung
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on September 3, 2007

Book by an amazing thinker, started in 1957 when Jung wsa 81, and completed before his death in 1961, recorded by Aniela Jaffe, a great work and ...

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One Hundred Wisdom Stories from around the World
Margaret Silf
Reviewed by Karen Ball on June 16, 2005

Jesus told his parables within the context of a rich tradition of wisdom stories from throughout the Middle East. Now Margaret Silf has gathered ...

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The Alchemist
Paulo Coehlo
Reviewed by Sue on January 7, 2005

If you are really in "searcher" mode, read this book. It's a great one to think about who you are, where you are going, how you are attemptin...

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The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

Joseph Campbell and powerful lessons from his wisdom

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The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 6, 2007

First of all, this National Book Award Winner is a book that is such a fine read, but also, such a hard won text.

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Will the Circle be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Studs Terkel
Reviewed by on February 12, 2005

Studs Terkle's interviews are always fascinating
These on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
Heavy topics, but great stories about them

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Feminist /Womanist Theology


Our Daughter Martha: A Family Struggles with Coming Out
Marcy Clements Henrikson
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on January 30, 2005

This story is the true story of my dear friend Martha coming out as a lesbian to Christian parents. This account shares the pain, struggle, accep...

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Children's Books


A Fish Named Ed
Sam Oliver
Reviewed by Beverly Erlanson on January 11, 2006

Grief and loss book for kids

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Big Mama Makes the World
Phyllis Root, Helen Oxenberry illustrator
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on March 16, 2006

Great story of Creation by a big, and care-filled Mama

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Thank You, World
Alice McGinty
Reviewed by on December 31, 1969

stay tuned on this one....


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Spirituality and Poetry


Deposition: Poems
Katie Ford
Reviewed by on January 7, 2005

Great intersection between spirituality and poetry,
the poet is deposed and we are the ones who benefit from it...


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New and Selected Poems
Mary Oliver
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on August 30, 2007

Mary Oliver's poems of "noticing"

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Otherwise (poems)
Jane Kenyon
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

like an old friend...a great book to have around

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Philokalia
Scott Cairns
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on February 12, 2005

Okay, so I saw Scott Cairns at a poetry reading and I was both laughing, then tearing up at his poetry. Lovely stuff. This collection includes a ...

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Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Rainer Maria Rilke
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 1, 2007

Love poems to God, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy (I like Macy's poetry too)

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Thirst
Mary Oliver
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on March 7, 2008

I love Mary Oliver's poetry....Not sure how I first happened upon it, a friend loved her work, I think that's how. Oliver's poetry is accessible, highlights the natural world, and works with natural metaphors to get at the greater shifts within the human psyche.

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Uncollected Poems: Bilingual Edition
Rainer Maria Rilke
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on September 16, 2007

Rarely do I say to anyone, "Own this book!"
I'll say this, however, about this book...
own it...
it's such a great collection.

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Spirituality and Grief and Loss


A Grace Disguised
Gerald Sittser
Reviewed by Sue on March 5, 2005

Grief book that gives rise to hope

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May I Walk You Home: Courage and Comfort for Caregivers of the Very ill
Joyce Rupp and Joyce Hutchison
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on October 20, 2005

This is a Sister Melanie recommendation, and she's great at suggesting books with staying power. Joyce Rupp has been on our list for a long t...

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Buddhist Spirituality


Nothing Special
Charlotte Joko Beck
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on June 12, 2006

This was our book for August 2006.This is a good book for beginning Zen Buddhism, but Joko Beck's tone is a bit rigid for my taste, alth...

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Besides Books


Aveda's Shampure Shampoo

Reviewed by Sue on June 2, 2008

One of the best smelling things on the planet


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Politics and Spirituality


Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
Ronald C. White Jr.
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on August 30, 2007

Our book for November 2007

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Living History
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Reviewed by sue on January 7, 2005

Hillary, for whatever you think of her politics, has led an amazing life and known some amazing people. What struck me in this book was her lifel...

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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
George Lakoff
Reviewed by Mike Hayes on December 19, 2005

This book helps the individual reader begin to grasp (after one reading) why liberals and conservatives do not understand how one another think. ...

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Prayer (Universal)


Illuminata: A Return to Prayer
Marianne Williamson
Reviewed by on February 11, 2005

One great prayer book

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Spirituality and Science


Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life
Paul Davies
Reviewed by Sue@spiritualbookclub.com on December 31, 1969

Author of "The Mind of God" is back with a new book...

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