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A contemplative monk's musings on living a "useless life." "Brother Paul bears witness of being keenly aware that every aspect of his monastic vocation has been carefully crafted to nurture and...

In the lineage of James Merrill and Philip Larkin, the poems in Basic Training are presented in traditional, accessible forms for a broad audience. Paul Schaefer plays with form-sonnets, villanelles,...

Mother Teresa's collected writings offer inspiration and guidance for all spiritual seekers."This book's contents and title say it all. Mother Teresa is a role model for each of us. Pray we may...

It is not a monkey but it hangs by its tail.It has teeth like a meat eater but it eats fruits and flowers.It's rarely seen but it's not shoy.It has no wings but it pollinates flowers.What is it?........

"One of the most engaging memoirs I've read in ages. The wise and feisty voice I've come to know and love in Elizabeth Cunningham's Maeve Chronicles fills these pages and carried me away. Anyone who...

"Was mom crazy like you claimed? Or did your drinking drive her mad? For fifty years I've wondered. Who wrecked our happy home?" So begins one daughter's search for truth as she turns back time and...

This bilingual edition of St. Teresa of Avila's poems with commentary engages readers with all facets of the Saint's life: the mystic and monastic reformer, the artist and proto-feminist, and the...

Beautiful, generative, loving, and deep: this may be the wisest Tarot book ever written. Gil Stafford finds the folly of the Cross in the journey of the Fool, and reminds us that 'Life is a...

Locates mysticism as the essential experiential center of any Christian faith "Herein lies support for your deepest self. Mark illuminates for you that in the ordinary aspects of life there is an...

When Barbara Klar created her first piece of jewelry 50 years ago, she had no idea of the journey that lay before her. The entire process of designing and making "art to wear" intrigued Barbara-from...