topical

bibliography

Meditation-

Boorstein, Sylvia; Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat; Harper Collins; San Francisco, CA.; ©1996.

Brame, Grace; Receptive Prayer: A Christian Approach to Meditation; CBP Press, St. Louis, MO; ©1985.

Brame, Grace; A Manual of Receptive Prayer: for Individual and Group Study and Practice; Charis Enterprises, Wilmington, DE; ©1984.

Gunaratana, Vernerable Henepola; Mindfulness in Plain English; Wisdom Publications, Boston; ©1992.

Helminiak, Daniel A.. Meditation Without Myth. New York, Crossroad Publishing; ©2005.

Hinton, J. Lynn; Meditations for Walking; Smyth & Helwys Publishing; ©1999.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon; Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life; Hyperion, New York; ©1994.

Kelsey, Morton: The Other Side of Silence: A Guide to Christian Meditation; Paulist Press; ©1976.

Laird, Martin. Into The Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. New York, N.Y., Oxford Press; ©2006.

Norris, Gunilla; Inviting Silence: Universal Principles of Meditation; Bluebridge, United Tribes Media Inc, New York, N.Y., ©2004.

Paulsell, William O.; Taste and See: A Personal Guide to the Spiritual Life; The Upper Room, Nashville; ©1976.

Pennington, M. Basil; Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer; Liguori/Triumph; Liguori, Missouri; ©1999.

Reininger, Gustave, ed.; The Diversity of Centering Prayer; The Continuum Publishing Co., New York, N.Y., ©1999.

Rohr, Richard; Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer; The Crossroad Publishing Co.; New York, N.Y.; ©1999.

Roth, Nancy; The Breath of God: An Approach to Prayer; Cowley Publications; Cambridge, MASS.; ©1990.


Mission-

Richter, Don; Mission Trips That Matter: Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World; Upper Room Books; Nashville, TN. Check it out by CLICKING HERE.


Money-

Faith and Leadership Website resources for money issues. To access, CLICK HERE.

Hicks, Douglas A.; Money Enough: Everyday Practices for Living Faithfully in the Global Economy; check it out by CLICKING HERE.


Music-

Saliers, Don and Emily; A Song to Sing, A Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice; Jossey-Bass; ©2004.


Mystics and Mentors-

Bryant, Jennifer Fisher; Thomas Merton: Poet, Prophet, Priest: Eerdmans Books, Grand Rapids, MI; ©1997.

Edmonson, Robert, translator; The Practice of the Presence of God: Brother Lawrence; Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA; ©1985.

Fox, Matthew; Christian Mystics; New World LIbrary, Novato, CA; ©2011.

Groves, Gerald; Up and Down Merton’s Mountain; CBP Press, St. Louis, MO; ©1988.

Hart, Patrick, ed.; Run to the Mountain: The Journals of Thomas Merton (vol. 1, 1939-1941); Harper, San Francisco, CA; ©1995.

Jonas, Robert A.; Henri Nouwen: Writings Selected; Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N.Y.; ©2001.

Madigan, Shawn, ed.; Mystics, Visionaries & Prophets: a historical anthology of women’s spiritual writings; Fortress Press; Minneapolis, MN; ©1998.

Merton, Thomas; The Wisdom of the Desert; New Directions Books; New York, N.Y.; ©1960, 1970.

Nouwen, Henri J.M.; A Cry For Mercy: prayers from the Genesee; Doubleday; Garden City, N.Y.; ©1981.

Nouwen, Henri J.M.; Sabbatical Journey: The Diary of His Final Year; The Crossroad Publishing Co.; New York, N.Y.; ©1998.

O’Donohue, John; Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom; Harper Colliins, New York; ©1997.

Weil, Simone; translated by Eric O. Springsted; Simone Weil: selected writings; Orbis; Maryknoll, N.Y.; ©1998.


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