Foster, Richard J.
Summary: Reclaims such classical spiritual disciplines as meditation, prayer, fasting, study, solitude, confession, worship, and celebration for the modern Christian meditative life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1988
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Summary: A parable from "Conversations with God, Book 1", this book helps readers remember the angel within us all, as it gracefully explains spiritual concepts to children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hampton Roads Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 226 WALDavis, Michelle
Summary: On August 9, 2014, tragedy struck the annual Gratiot County Fair. In the blink of an eye, a fifteen-hundred-pound bull named Vegas stomped seventeen-year-old Nathan Davis to near death. Initially, no one understood the extent of Nathan's injuries as he walked with assistance out of the arena. The situation, however, grew bleak when Nathan's health quickly took a turn for the worse and he found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BookBound Media 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio DavisSummary: A collection of uplifting and touching stories about the truly important aspects of life : loving, learning, parenting, obstacles and living our dreams.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 CANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 CHISummary: Three non-filmmakers armed with a video camera, and a list of 20 questions set out to make a film about the meaning of life. The original format for the movie was not initially well defined, only that it would somehow involve asking a specific set of questions to people from all walks of life to get many perspectives, and this together with a mix of music and images would tell a story. What was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen Naturae Prom[o]tions 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONEMillman, Dan.
Summary: Millman puts forth his scheme for determining your personality and life path by adding the digits in your date of birth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HJ Kramer 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 129 MILSummary: Ram Dass shares the essence of his core wisdom through his iconic humor, joy, and honesty. Historical footage compliments an engaging conversation with director Jamie Catto as they explore the life experiences that helped to free Ram Dass from the attachment to his "somebody-ness" a journey that transformed him into the radiant soul who now inspires a new generation. It is the quintessential...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BECEarley, Justin Whitmel
Summary: The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines. But because our habits are the water we swim in, they are almost invisible to us. What can we do about it? The answer to our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books an imprint of InterVarsity Press 2019
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Summary: This short and easy-to-read guide teaches us to follow the Buddha's path by embracing both joy and sadness in our lives. Through being open to whatever experiences and hardships we may face, we can develop a genuine attitude to help all beings who suffer and to reduce our own greed and aggession. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche presents accessible and concise instructions on how we can incorporate our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 CHORohr, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Action and Contemplation 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 248.8 ROHTaylor, Steve
Summary: "These stirring meditations and poetic reflections comfort, inspire, and gently bring readers out of the harried, hectic day-to-day and back to the bedrock of peace, and even joy, of our true, essential, and authentic selves. The Calm Center is a guide to spiritual awakening, touching into some of the deepest and highest areas of human experience, and showing us the obstacles and landmarks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 TAYLanzetta, Beverly
Summary: The Monk Within is written for the person seeking a deeper, contemplative orientation to daily life. Yearning for inner realization of divine wisdom, this "new monk" draws on four interlocking themes: embodied spirituality grounded in the sacred web of life; the mystical path of the feminine, inspired by women's monastic communities; the archetype of the monk that is the deep truth of every...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sapphire Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204 LANPederson, Rena.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 204.4 PEDRohr, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Action and Contemplation 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 248.8 ROHChittister, Joan
Summary: "The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves--to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. "In every beating heart is a silent undercurrent that calls each of us to a place unknown, to the vision of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In a wide variety of pagan paths, many forms of modern magic and mystery hold an expectation that all parties are heterosexual, cisgender, and, in many cases, white. In Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries, Lee Harrington and Tai Fenix Kulystin bring together a diverse and passionate collection of authors and artists who break out beyond that belief and explore how being LGBT+ is not just...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mystic Productions 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.768 QUEBethke, Jefferson
Summary: "In a society where hustle is the expectation, busyness is the norm and information is king, we have forgotten the fundamentals that make us human, anchor our lives, and provide meaning."--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson Publishing, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 BETTchi, Rodika
Summary: "Sharing the ancient tradition of space clearing with sacred smoke, this comprehensive introduction to smuding teaches you how to empower your life, your home and your heart"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 TCHSummary: "This new translation of The Upanishads is at once delightfully simple and rigorously learned, providing today's readers with an accurate, accessible rendering of the core work of ancient Indian philosophy. The Upanishads are often considered the most important literature from ancient India. Yet many academic translators fail to capture the work's philosophical and spiritual subtlety, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.5 KATAllione, Lama Tsultrim
Summary: Through her own story of loss and spiritual seeking, paired with mandala meditations and rituals, bestselling author of Feeding Your Demons Lama Tsultrium Allione teaches you how to embody the enlightened, fierce power of the sacred feminine, the tantric dakinis. Ordained as one of the first American Buddhist nuns and recognized as an incarnation of the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism, Lama Tsultrim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enliven Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3 ALLAwad, Amal
Summary: For as long as humans have existed, we have consulted everything from the stars to stones with symbols on them. Growing up in an Arab Muslim family, SBS journalist and TEDx presenter Amal Awad was keenly aware of the unseen forces at play in her life - superstition, fatalism and magical jinn were more real to her than any Hollywood fantasy. From fundy (aka fundamentalist) Muslim to New Age...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Murdoch Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 204.092 AWAChristie, Douglas E.
Summary: "What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard for its well-being? To understand the work of seeing things as an utterly involving moral and spiritual act? Such questions have long occupied the center of contemplative spiritual traditions. In The Blue Sapphire of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 CHREstés, Clarissa Pinkola
Summary: "Buried into all of us is what Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés refers to as 'the one who knows'-- the instinctive, intuitive nature. This, she teaches, is the source of creativity and understanding that lies out of sight in darkness, often called the unconscious ... [Listeners will] learn how to perceive through the eyes of the soul as well as through the eyes of the ego. This dual way of seeing,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158.1 ESTKeating, Thomas.
Contents: An introduction / Thomas Keating and Richard Rohr -- Balancing time, space, and God / Thomas Keating -- Jesus' incarnation: eternal now meets time and space / Rohr -- Centering prayer: accessing he present moment / Keating -- The great doorway: an intersection of timelessness and time / Rohr -- Question & answer session / Keating and Rohr -- Integrating action and contemplation: the task of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Action and Contemplation 2004