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The Way of Gratitude - A New Spirituality for Today

Author: 
Galen Guengerich
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$13.99
Type: 
Paperback

Galen Guengerich, the charismatic, brilliant leader of one of the nation’s most prominent Unitarian Universalist congregations, All Souls in New York City, shares with readers his wisdom on how to lead a purposeful and joyful life through the practice of gratitude. When Guengerich was in his midtwenties, he left the Conservative Mennonite Church, the faith of his upbringing. The prospect of venturing out on his own was daunting, but he needed to find the way of life that was right for him.

A Book of Psalms

Author: 
Edward Clarke
List Price: 
$19.00
Type: 
Paperback

This collection of poems engages in new and animating ways with one of the profoundest texts of our past, the Book of Psalms. These poems are Clarke's response to his experience of reading the Psalter through once every month according to Cranmer’s divisions in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer.

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Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

Author: 
Walter Brueggemann
List Price: 
$19.00
Type: 
Paperback

This thoughtful collection of prayers emerged from Brueggemanns thirty-five years of teaching in seminaries. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they reveal another side of this gifted author from what his many readers are accustomed to. These deeply felt and sparklingly articulated prayers reflect a wide range of life experiences. As readers, we are taken from the depths of pain and loss to the heights of joy and praise.

As It Is in Heaven: A Collection of Prayers for All Ages

Author: 
Eric Puybaret
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$17.99
Type: 
Hardcover

Éric Puybaret’s atmospheric paintings illuminate classic Christian prayers, drawn from over two thousand years of faith. Selections include the Apostles’ Creed, the Magnificat, and the Lord’s Prayer, as well as prayers from St. Francis, St. Augustine, and St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Each contemplative pairing of text and art invites readers to find new meaning in familiar words. 

The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle

Author: 
Martha Spong, editor
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$16.95
Type: 
Paperback

The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle listens to and wrestles with ancient poems through the lenses of modern women: Martha Spong, Mihee Kim-Kort, Beth Richardson, Alicia Crosby, Marilyn Pagán-Banks, Julia Seymour, Kentina Washington-Leapheart, Jennifer Garrison Brownell, Katie Mulligan, and Layton Williams. 

Manger

Author: 
Lee Bennett Hopkins; Helen Cann
List Price: 
$17.00
Type: 
Hardcover

There is a legend that describes how, at midnight on Christmas Eve, all creatures are granted the power of speech for one hour. In this rich collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and a dozen other poets imagine what responses they might offer.

Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness: A Biblical Tale Retold

Author: 
Stephen Mitchell
List Price: 
$21.99
Type: 
Hardcover

Stephen Mitchell’s gift is to breathe new life into ancient classics. In Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness, he offers us his riveting novelistic version of the Biblical tale in which Jacob’s favorite son is sold into slavery and eventually becomes viceroy of Egypt. Tolstoy called it the most beautiful story in the world.

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