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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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Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult
Jayanti Tamm
Reviewed by Betsy Robinson on April 15, 2009
In this time of risk-taking based on promises of exorbitant returns from precarious investments, what could be more timely than the tale of growing up in a community where everybody has surrendered all decision-making and self-responsibility for the promise of divine protection and maybe God realization?
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Chants of a Lifetime
Krishna Das
Reviewed by Betsy Robinson on February 1, 2010
"The worst thing about Chants of a Lifetime is that you can only read it for the first time once," writes reviewer Betsy Robinson
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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
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The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Eileen Flanagan
Reviewed by Betsy Robinson on October 7, 2009
"So how do you know the difference between going with the flow and letting yourself drown?" writes author Eileen Flanagan (www.eileenflanagan.com) in her new book, The Wisdom to Know the Difference (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, Sept. 2009). "One answer is to see if what is flowing within you matches the direction of the current around you. You have to pay attention to the cards you are being dealt." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585427160/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
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World Gone Beautiful : Life Along the Rum River
Linda Buturian
Reviewed by Carol on January 28, 2009
Memoir
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Muslim Spirituality
Christian Spirituality
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A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story
Diana Butler Bass
Reviewed by Phil Blackburn on March 31, 2009
Diana Butler Bass is known for many of her books including, Christianity for the Rest of Us, Strength for the Journey, and The Practicing Congregation. She earned her Ph.D. in Church History from Duke University and taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Rhodes College, and Virginia Theological Seminary. From 1995 - 2000 she wrote a weekly column on American Religion for the New York Times syndicate. See the Rev. Phil Blackburn's review
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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 November 5, 1007
Women with power from God--a radical concept for some....
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Eternal Wisdom from the Desert: Writings from the Desert Fathers
Henry L. Carrigan, editor
Reviewed by sue@spiritualbookclub.com on October 2, 2009
Eternal Wisdom from the Desert: Writings from the Desert Fathers compiled by editor Henry L. Carrigan
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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 November 30, 1999
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
Fiction with a Spiritual Bent
Spirituality and Social Action
Spirituality and Self-Help
Search for Meaning (without a set faith tradition)
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It's Really all About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian
Samir Selmanovic
Reviewed by sue, editor www.spiritualbookclub.com on October 31, 2009
Web Page: www.samirselmanovic.com
A book by a writer who has traversed traditions to seek the truth
in all the places where it can be found...enjoy!
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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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Shapeshifting with Our Animal Companions: Connecting with the Spiritual Awareness of All Life
Dawn Baumann Brunke
Reviewed by Betsy Robinson on January 22, 2010
"Let us remember," says Barney, "that time is a software program through which you experience your conscious awareness. The 'time' that you know is simply a program - a manner of holding reality so that you can make sense of it. From some aspects of spirit, time is nonexistent; from other levels, time is much more fluid than you understand it."
Does that make your head hurt? Good. Expansion requires a work-out and some pain, and Brunke's book is metaphysical boot camp.
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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
Children's Books
Spirituality and Poetry
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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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