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The
Best  American Spiritual Writing
2007 
By Philip Zaleski (Editor), Harvey Cox (Introduction) / Paperback / Oct
2007
The best of 35 outstanding authors
from 2006.
The
Best  American Spiritual Writing
2006
By Philip Zaleski (Editor), Peter J. Gomes
(Introduction) / Paperback / Oct 2006
Philip Zaleski once again assembles
the most inspiring, relevant, and thought-provoking essays
and poetry on the subjects of faith, spirituality, and the
role of religion in modern life. Contributors include
Michael Chabon, Malcolm Gladwell, Mary Gordon, John Updike,
and others.
The
Best  American Spiritual Writing
2005
By Philip Zaleski (Editor),
Barry Lopez (Introduction) / Paperback / Oct
2005
This year's spiritual writing
anthology is varied and stimulating, showcasing reflections
on the faith of children, Bible reading, Kierkegaard and
Martin Luther King Jr. Some contributions are journalistic,
others autobiographical, others analytical. Sources are
wide-ranging and largely "secular," including literary
reviews and such standard-bearing magazines as The New
Yorker. With provocative and creative compression, the
poetry in particular rewards with the fresh views that
thoughtful writing stirs. ... Although some of the material
requires more contortion than effort, other writings, using
varied paths, reach the goal of inspiring what Barry Lopez
in his introduction aptly calls reverence. --
Publishers Weekly
The
 Best American Spiritual Writing
2004
Edited by Philip Zaleski, Introduction by Jack Miles /
Paperback / Oct 2004
Readers of Zaleski's anthologies
will be glad to know that, after a yearlong hiatus, his
spirituality series has found a new home with Houghton
Mifflin's Best American books. This sixth volume follows the
expected format: some 25 essays and 10 poems that, according
to the introduction, "address the eternal oppositions of
good and evil, virtue and vice, creation and destruction;
the sorrows and exaltations of heart, mind, and soul; the
ceaseless quest for God."
 Best Spiritual Writing 2002
Edited by
Philip Zaleski. Introduction by Natalie Goldberg/ Paperback
/ Sep 2002
Zaleski's fifth
annual collection of the best spiritual writing achieves
something memorable and fresh in a year marked by an upsurge
in the sheer quantity of spiritual writing. As usual,
Zaleski's collection is to be applauded for its diversity;
there are contributions from Christian, Muslim, Jewish,
secular and pan-Hindu perspectives, and various pieces
tackle spirituality as it impacts the environment,
relationships, politics, creativity and literature.
Contributions have been culled from a panoply of periodicals
and newspapers, from the tony ("New Yorker" and "Vanity
Fair") to the plebeian (heck, there's even a selection from
"Sports Illustrated"). There are some fascinating
biographical essays, such as Bill McKibben's "The Muslim
Gandhi" and Sarah Davidson's "The Making of an American
Swami." Perhaps the wisest, most understated piece is Walter
Wangerin's homage to his deceased father-in-law in "One Man
on a Tractor Far Away." Fans of Zaleski's series will not be
disappointed with the highly literary quality of this
anthology.
- Publishers Weekly
 Best
Spiritual Writing 2001
edited by Philip Zaleski, Introduction by Dubus Andre,III /
Paperback / September 2001
Zaleski once again has skillfully
skimmed the cream from the top of last yearŐs published
spiritual prose and poetry. Although not every faith
tradition is represented, Zaleski is generally to be lauded
for the diversity of his choices, which this year include
works with Christian, Jewish, Native American and Buddhist
themes. - Publishers
Weekly
 The Best
Spiritual Writing 2000
by Philip Zaleski (Editor), Thomas
Moore (Introduction)
paperback / Nov 2000
With a newly designed cover and an
introduction by bestselling author Thomas Moore, this fresh
collection delights and inspires readers by bringing great
new writers to the fore, and featuring them alongside highly
distinguished authors. A unique and richly diverse mix of
religious traditions and spiritual topics, this edition
offers every reader new perspectives on age-old questions
that emerge within our day-to-day lives, and is sure to
appeal to both literary and spiritual readers.
 The Best
Spiritual Writing 1999
by Philip Zaleski (Editor), Kathleen
Norris (Introduction)
paperback / Oct 1999
Most contemporary readers agree
that the best spiritual writing stays grounded in real-life
anecdotes, simple and bold language, and a self-scrutinizing
honesty that gives a narrator credibility. With only a few
esoteric exceptions, every piece in this anthology edited by
Philip Zaleski (senior editor of Parabola magazine) passes
this litmus test. --Gail Hudson - Amazon.com
Plan
B:  Further
Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott / Hardcover / March 2005
Few people can write about faith,
parenting, and relationships as can the talented, irreverent
Anne Lamott. With characteristic black humor, ("Everyone has
been having a hard time with life this year; not with all of
it, just the waking hours") she updates us on the ongoing
mayhem of her life since Traveling Mercies, and continues to
unfold her spiritual journey. Lamott's essays will serve as
reminders to readers of the patches of messy mercy and grace
in a chaotic world.--Cindy Crosby, Amazon.com
Psalms : A Spiritual Commentary
by M. Basil Pennington / Hardcover / Jan 2006.
When news of Father Pennington's
death was announced in June of 2005, readers of his previous
works (Centering
Prayer; Finding
Grace at the Center, etc.)
mourned the passing of a man of deep and profound
spirituality. In this, his final book, Pennington gives us
an eloquent and moving commentary on the Psalms, infusing
the text with his love for the scriptures and his sense of
unity with God. Selecting 22 of his favorite Psalms,
Pennington offers his own unique translation, followed by
reflections grounded in a lifetime of study and prayer. His
ability to dig beneath the text and find layers of meaning
amazes the reader. He sees God, not mere words, in the
Bible's sacred pages, finally proclaiming that "Our God is
an amazing God" as he drinks deeply from the divine
fountain. There are occasional hints that Pennington knows
his strength is failing and his time is short. But his
eloquence and wonder are fully intact, his feelings of awe
emerging on every page. Illustrations by Phillip Ratner
accompany each chapter. This is not merely a commentary on
the Psalms, but a love letter from a man who immersed
himself in their grandeur and majesty. -- Publishers Weekly
Christ
 Plays in Ten Thousand
Places
A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
by Eugene H. Peterson / Hardcover / February 2005
In this volume, the first of a
projected five, Peterson lays the foundation for "spiritual
theology." Following the biblical languages, he asks readers
to consider "how our perceptions would change if we
eliminated the word 'spirit' from our language and used only
'wind' and 'breath.' Spirit was not 'spiritual' for our
ancestors; it was sensual." Beginning with an account of
Gerard Manley Hopkins's vivid poem "As Kingfishers Catch
Fire," Peterson goes on to employ his own considerable gifts
as a writer to uncover the sensual, concrete realities
behind biblical texts from Genesis to Revelation. These
nuanced and convincing readings help frame the three areas
where Peterson sees Christ at "play": the beauty of
creation, the tragedy of history and the beloved,
bewildering community of the church. "The single most
important thing to understand in spiritual theology is that
it is not about theology... it is a cultivated disposition
to live theology." Rich, generous and wise, Peterson's
"conversation" will help readers at every stage of faith to
live their faith more deeply.
Eat
This  Book:
A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
by Eugene H. Peterson / Hardcover / January 2006
The second part of PetersonŐs
momentous five-volume work on spiritual theology, Eat This
Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own
terms, as GodŐs revelation, and to live them as we read
them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed,
down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. In these pages
he draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the
nature of language, the ancient practice of lectio divina,
and the role of Scripture translations; included here is the
"inside story" behind PetersonŐs own popular Bible
translation, The Message. Countering the widespread practice
of using the Bible for self-serving purposes, Peterson here
serves readers with a nourishing entrée into the
formative, life-changing art of spiritual reading.
The
Jesus  Way:
A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
by Eugene H. Peterson / Hardcover / March 2007
In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson
continues the thought-provoking spiritual-theological
conversation that he began in Christ Plays in Ten Thousand
Places and Eat This Book. This third volume, offering more
of Peterson's singular blend of probing biblical exposition
and keen cultural analysis, considers all the ways that
Jesus is the Way compared to the distorted ways the modern
American church has chosen to follow.
Take
This Bread
A Radical Conversion
by Sara Miles / Hardcover / Feb 2007
Where is it written that literary
women must move to coastal California (if they don't already
live there), become Episcopalians and write conversion
memoirs? Think of recent memoirists Diana Butler Bass, Nora
Gallagher and Lindsey Crittenden. Sara Miles joins this club
with Take This Bread, A Radical Conversion, a book strewn
with four star reviews since its publication earlier this
year. Miles, a hard bitten left wing journalist, and an
atheist, walked into San Francisco's St Gregory's Episcopal
Church, took communion, and everything changed. Why would
any thinking person become a Christian? is one of the
questions she addresses, and her answer is compelling
reading.
 Strength for the Journey:
A Pilgrimage of Faith in
Community
by Diana Butler Bass, forward by Phyllis Tickle / Hardcover
/ January 2002 *
New York Times syndicated religion
columnist Bass delivers the ostensible goods an account of
her life in eight different Episcopal churches and even if
the book stopped there, it would be magnificent. Her parish
stories unfold in that riveting, better-than-fiction way
that the best sociological case studies always do. Each
chapter is more intriguing than the last, and it is a
pleasure to see how their titles, such as "Competing
Authorities" and "Interim," perfectly label the personal and
congregational stories therein. But what strikes the heart
is Bass's own journey from conservative evangelicalism to
mainline liberalism. A precocious undergraduate who was
reading the likes of Luther, Bultmann and Julian of Norwich
in her free time, Bass went on to get a seminary degree and
a Ph.D. in church history. She joined the Episcopal Church
in her early 20s because of her passion for liturgy and the
Eucharist, and she initially hoped to "renew" the church, a
euphemism for making it more evangelical. Instead, becoming
a member made her less evangelical. Each parish story is
also the story of her baby steps away from evangelical
belief until, finally, the floodgates broke loose and she
chose to leave all vestiges of her conservative Christian
life behind, including her job and her marriage. This book
is more than the chronicle of a baby boomer who stayed in a
mainline denomination while most of her peers fled; it
records a soul's search for God and communion with God's
people. - Publishers
Weekly
 Knowing
Beyond Words:
Reflections
on the Inexpressible
by John McQuiston II / Hardcover / March 2002
John McQuiston collects words from
saints and scientists, thinkers and theologians, poets and
prophets on what cannot truly be expressed in words yet has
been spoken and written about for centuries. Its interfaith
and interdisciplinary reach is deliberately broad, stemming
from McQuiston's spiritual and intellectual curiosity and
his desire to go beyond the Episcopal prayer book of his
lifelong faith. ...The new book embraces wisdom from sources
as varied as Abraham Joshua Heschel, Eknath Easwaran, Rumi
and Sogyal Rinpoche on the eternal verities of God,
forgiveness, prayer and other timeless topics. "I don't
contend that all faiths are the same," McQuiston emphasized.
"I just think we can learn from them all." - Marcia Z. Nelson, Publishers
Weekly.
 The
Shaping of a Life
A Spiritual Landscape
by Phyllis Tickle / Hardcover / Apr 2001 *
"A deeply moving memoir. With
consummate skill, Tickle shows us how a busy outer life . .
. can give birth to an inner life of prayer and
hope."--Philip Zaleski, author of "Gifts of the Spirit"
"Phyllis Tickle is real, honest, human, humorous, and deeply
spiritual. Her book is A TREASURE."--John Shelby Spong,
author of "Here I Stand"
The
 Graces We Remember
Sacred Days of Ordinary Time
By Phyllis Tickle / Hardcover / April 2004
Tickle finishes her Stories from
the Farm in Lucy trilogy with grace, wit and keen spiritual
observations. Following previous volumes on the sacred days
of Advent and Lent, this one addresses the liturgical season
after Pentecost, which the Christian church has
traditionally given the modest label "ordinary time." But in
Tickle's stories, these feast days of the summer and fall
are anything but ordinary. As her family is privileged to
witness a bull's remarkable ritual of mourning for a cow
that died on their farm, Tickle realizes that they are
treated to this display on the day before Michaelmas, "the
one day of the year when all Christendom pays at least lip
service to invisible realities and unseen orders." Most
stories are both funny and luminous.
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 The Story
of Christian Spirituality
Two Thousand Years, From East
to West
Gordon Mursell (Editor) / hardcover / Feb 2001
In this major, fully illustrated
book, the great riches of the Christian spiritual tradition
are revealed to both the general reader and the student.
Drawing from East and West, the authors present a full and
fascinating picture of humanity's desire for the divine
&emdash; across the centuries. Highlighting the contribution
of key individuals, this volume explores the ways in which
Christians from the earliest times to the present day have
sought to express and live out the deepest truths of their
faith.
 Listening for God : A Minister's Journey
Through Silence and Doubt
by Renita Weems / paperback / Dec 2000 *
Throughout the past two decades,
Renita J. Weems has been noted and praised for her writing,
galvanizing national speaking, and pioneering scholarship in
the field of Old Testament studies. Yet in the midst of her
celebrated work, she was experiencing a profound spiritual
crisis permeated by a hollow, painful silence that seemed,
at times, to mark an irreparable rupture in her
communication with God. In this deeply affecting book, Weems
addresses the believer's yearning for God through periods of
inconstancy, vacillation, and disenchantment. Her own
spiritual disquietude will be familiar to all who struggle
to maintain faith while the details of daily life --
negotiating with children and spouses, caring for ailing
parents, living up to professional expectations, developing
hobbies, managing finances, and planning for the future --
compete for energy with one's relationship with God. In
sharing her own strategies for redefining mundane rituals so
that they contribute to reverence and devotion, Weems offers
a beacon of light for all believers struggling to listen for
God amidst the din of worldly demands and
distractions.
 Ordinary
Graces
:
Christian Teachings on the Interior Life
Edited by Lorraine Kisly / Hardcover / Nov 2000 *
An essential collection of the
deepest spiritual, religious, and psychological teachings of
Christianity -- the fruit of two thousand years of inner
experience and insight from Christians of all denominations
and all walks of life. Lorraine Kisly has sought out not
only unfamiliar passages by famous Christians, but also
writers we may have overlooked. As each voice joins the
chorus, our understanding of Christianity's inner tradition
deepens, and we can see more clearly ways of incorporating
its truths into our daily lives.
 The Poetic
Imagination :
An Anglican Tradition (Traditions of Christian
Spirituality)
by Louis William Countryman / Paperback / Jan 2000
Anglicanism, as Countryman argues,
is unusual among forms of Western Christianity in being
defined primarily in terms of community rather than by
authoritative theological principles. In the end,
Anglicanism may be characterized by a poetic imagination
well reflected in the work of many of the great lyric poets
of the English language. Poets ranging from Herbert, Donne,
and Vaughn, to Blake, Wordsworth, Owen, Eliot, and Auden,
for all their differences, show a common reverence for
scriptural and liturgical language, an appreciation for the
created world, a sense of the presence/absence of God, and
the power of grace.
 Abandonment to Divine
Providence
by Jean-Pierre De Caussade,
John Beevers (Translator)
Paperback / Reissued Apr 1993
For more than 250 years, this
simple classic of inspiration has guided readers of all
faiths to the open-hearted acceptance of God's will that is
the sure path to serenity, happiness, and spiritual peace.
 Passion
for Pilgrimage:
Notes for the Journey Home
by Alan W. Jones / Paperback / Jan 2000 *
"To love is to give yourself away.
You can dare throw yourself into the pilgrimage, because God
has fallen in love with you so much that he has sent his son
into the world to bring you home. That is the basic message
of Christianity." - Alan
Jones
The Christian spiritual journey is
a pilgrimage to wholeness, a search for home that is in God.
In this classic work on contemporary spiritual living, Alan
Jones explores the various parts of the pilgrimage home.
Other recommended books by Alan
Jones: Soul
Making : The Desert Way of Spirituality, and Exploring
Spiritual Direction
Alan Jones is an Episcopal
priest and dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He was
formerly director of the Center for Christian Spirituality
at General Theological Seminary in New York City.
 In the
Spirit of Happiness
by The Monks of New Skete
(Editor) / hardcover / Nov 1999 *
The wise and cheerful monks of New
Skete (How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend) believe that our
spirits are meant to be happy. So within these pages, the
popular monks of Cambridge, NY, offer useful suggestions for
mastering the elusive art of happiness. And while this might
sound like a book written by jolly Friar Tucks, it is in
fact an intelligent, informed discussion on the soothing
power of prayer, mercy, compassion, and devotion.
It also opens the doors to the
private life of monastic living--helping readers to see that
even nuns and monks experience rapture as well as doubt and
despair... The result is a thoroughly satisfying package,
filled with advice, reflection, warm personal anecdotes, and
a delicious taste of what it means to live the contemplative
life. --Gail Hudson- Amazon.com
 Divine
Revelation
by Susan G. Shumsky / Paperback / Aug 1996
Shumsky has taught thousands of
people to trust their instincts and hear the small voice
within that embodies the wisdom they need to set a clear
direction in life and make life's biggest decisions with
confidence. This work presents her proven techniques for
opening one's heart, mind and spirit to the riches of inner
divine contact.
 A
Field Guide to the Soul:
A Down-To-Earth Handbook of Spiritual Practice
by James Thronton / Paperback *
James Thornton, a naturalist and
renowned defender of the earth (a former attorney at the
Natural Resources Defense Council), has compiled a field
guide for helping readers identify and appreciate the
wonders of the soul, as if it, too, were an natural terrain
filled with beautiful mysteries. Other Editions: Hardcover
 The
Cloister Walk
by Kathleen Norris / Paperback / April 1997 *
Norris's acuity, writing talent,
and ten years as an oblate at a Catholic Benedictine
monastery have well equipped her to enlighten outsiders to
the true ways and spirit of monastic life or, as she refers
to it, the real world. Norris, a Protestant, describes how
community life is the essence of humanity and celibacy an
opportunity for transformation. She demonstrates the
applicability of ancient scriptures and liturgies to modern
times and tells how daily psalm-reading and prayer,
ceremonies, and rituals helped her to overcome depression
and gain inner peace.
It is one of the graces of our time
that the best of our contemporary spiritual writers are
women who are also poets. We have thus been blessed by the
writings of, among others, Nancy Mairs, Patricia Hampl,
Annie Dillard, and Denise Levertov
 Living
on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the
Priesthood of All
by Louis William Countryman / paperback / Feb 1999
"For anyone struggling with
how to live in the thin places between heaven and earth, Dr.
Countryman's brilliant book offers hope, companionship, and
the fruits of years of experience. His theory of a
'fundamental human priesthood' gives us all a compassionate
guide to follow as we enter the borderlands and it should
help end the division between clergy and laity. Countryman's
human priesthood leads us into the future, where God calls
us to be. This book could save the church." --Nora
Gallagher, author of Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in
Faith (see next)
L. William Countryman , an
Episcopal priest, is Professor of New Testament at the
Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
 Things
Seen and Unseen:
A
Year Lived in Faith
by Nora Gallagher / Paperback /
Dec 1999 *
"I came to this church five years
ago as a tourist and ended up a pilgrim," writes Nora
Gallagher, speaking of her year at Trinity Episcopal Church
in Santa Barbara. It started with an occasional Sunday
visit, a shy toe dip into the Episcopal Church. Eventually
she delved into a yearlong journey to discover her faith and
a relationship with God, using the Christian calendar as her
compass. --Gail Hudson -
Amazon.com
Gallagher's account is more than
that of a woman rediscovering her faith in God. It is
also a glimpse into a sort of
practical mysticism, in which faith is not an abstract
concept but is made real through the deeds of the faithful.
Bonnie Johnston - Booklist
Also in hardcover.
 Bread and Wine:
Readings for Lent and Easter
Hardcover / October 2002
This book is linked for sale at
christianbook.com
This book, which offers meditations
from a wide spectrum of classic and contemporary Christian
writers. Containing selections grouped around such themes as
temptation, crucifixion, resurrection, and new life, Bread
and Wine can be dipped into at leisure or used as a guide to
daily devotions&emdash;and returned to any time of year for
spiritual revitalization. For breadth of scope and depth of
insight, nothing rivals this collection.
 Watch for
the Light: Readings for Advent
and Christmas
Hardcover / September 2001 *
This book is linked for sale at
christianbook.com
It's hard to go wrong with 40
essays and poems from theological writers such as Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Day, Madeleine L'Engle, Martin Luther,
Kathleen Norris, Henri Nouwen, Philip Yancey, Karl Barth and
Síren Kierkegaard. These are not frivolous, feel-good
Advent readings; they are deep, sometimes jarring
reflections. "The love that descended to Bethlehem is not
the easy sympathy of an avuncular God, but a burning fire
whose light chases away every shadow, floods every corner,
and turns midnight into noon," explain the editors. This
collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb
writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted
holiday bookshelves. -- Publishers Weekly
 The Seven Storey
Mountain
50th Anniversary Edition
by Thomas Merton / Paperback / Reprint *
A modern-day Confessions of Saint
Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most
influential religious works of the twentieth century. This
edition contains an introduction by Merton's editor, Robert
Giroux, and a note to the reader by biographer William H.
Shannon. It tells of the growing restlessness of a brilliant
and passionate young man whose search for peace and faith
leads him, at the age of twenty-six, to take vows in one of
the most demanding Catholic orders-the Trappist monks.
At the Abbey of Gethsemani, "the
four walls of my new freedom," Thomas Merton struggles to
withdraw from the world, but only after he has fully
immersed himself in it. In the half-century since its
original publication, this timeless spiritual tome has been
published in over twenty languages and has touched millions
of lives. Also in
hardcover.
 Living Jesus:
Learning the Heart of the Gospel
by Luke Timothy Johnson / Paperback / Dec 1999 *
For Johnson, the real Jesus is not
simply a historical figure - a dead man whose authentic
words and deeds can be approached through historical
research and textual analysis. Rather, the real Jesus is the
resurrected Lord of Christian faith - a living savior who
can be encountered in the world today. Being a Christian
means learning this living Jesus by "putting on the mind of
Christ" and being transformed in his image. Also in hardcover.
 Traveling
Mercies:
Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott / Paperback / Feb 2000 **
For most writers, the greatest
challenge of spiritual writing is to keep it grounded in
concrete language. The temptation is to wander off into the
clouds of ethereal epiphanies, only to lose readers with
woo-woo thinking and sacred-laced clichés.
Thankfully, Anne Lamott (Operating
Instructions, Crooked
Little Heart) knows better.
In this collection of essays, Lamott offers her trademark
wit and irreverence in describing her reluctant journey into
faith.
--Amazon.com Also in
hardcover.
 A
Grief Observed
by C. S. Lewis / Paperback / reissued Jan 2001 *
This is the book that inspired the
film Shadowlands, but it is more wrenching, more revelatory,
and more real than the movie. A Grief Observed is a classic
account of one man's struggle for a meaningful faith when
faced with the loss of his wife from cancer. Filled with the
anger and anguish that accompany such senseless loss, this
is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a
stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the
universe, and how he can gradually regain his
bearings.
 Waiting
for God
by Simone Weil / Paperback / reissued Sep 1992
Simone Weil is an outsider's saint.
The daughter of an agnostic French family of Jewish descent,
Weil was never baptized ("God does not want me in the
Church," she wrote), and her conversion to Christianity at
the age of 23 took her by surprise. Until then, she had been
a solemn, committed leftist intellectual. Now she was moving
toward a life of divine encounters whose desolate ecstasy,
as described by the journals, letters, and essays excerpted
in Waiting for God, bear comparison to St. John of the Cross
and Teresa of Avila. - Amazon.com
"In an age of inspirational
books without inspiration, her writing is unmatched for
surprising, sometimes shocking, spiritual insight."--New
York Times "Almost too important to be included in one's
list of preferred reading for one year only."--T. S. Eliot
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New
Church's Teaching Series, has
a series of books on prayer and spirituality called Cloister
Books. The title is drawn from the monastic custom of
walking slowly while reading or meditating in the monastery
cloister, a place of silence, centering, and calm. In the
pages of these books you will find a similar space in which
to pray and reflect on the presence of God.
These gift-edition books are designed
to be smaller in size: 5" x 7" and about one hundred pages,
with graceful covers in matte finish and convenient flaps
(as in hardcover books) that serve as bookmarks while
reading. They are books to be read over and over, and make
thoughtful gifts. You will enjoy Cloister
Books.
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