Lanzetta, 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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Summary: "A book on how medieval monastic practices can inspire us to live fuller lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 CYBShetty, Jay
Summary: Instead of attending his college graduation ceremony, Shetty headed to India to become a monk, to meditate every day for four to eight hours, and devote his life to helping others. After three years, one of his teachers told him that he would have more impact on the world if he left the monk's path to share his experience and wisdom with others. Moving back home to north London, Shetty found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Self-help ShettyNorris, Kathleen
Summary: Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation NorrisLobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso
Summary: A forefront Buddhist leader describes his witness to the torture and arrest of his family and teachers by Chinese authorities, his suffering at the sides of fellow monks under occupier "reeducation" practices, and his eventual escape to Tibet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2010
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Summary: A study of the treatment of nuns by the Roman Catholic Church in America criticizes the church's betrayal of promised reforms, revealing a pattern of exploitation that has reduced nuns to second-class citizens within the church.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006
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Summary: Every century, every culture has sought the spiritual dimensions of life in particular ways, through teachings and lifestyles it could embrace. Across the ages, for some women and men the longing to unite with the Divine took the form of an existence in solitude and prayer. For others, it lay in communal life and worship. For many, it was an attempt to withdraw from the secular world in order...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BlueBridge 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 817.54 TYNorris, Kathleen
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1996
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 255 NORChittister, 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Brazos Press 2009
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Summary: "Habits of the Household by award-winning author Justin Whitmel Earley equips you with simple habits for mealtimes, bedtimes, and other daily routines to shape your home in the rhythms of God's love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperSanFrancisco 1996
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Summary: Poet Kathleen Norris' account of her two extended retreats at Benedictine monasteries and the resulting enrichment of her marriage, her daily life, and her poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1997
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Summary: "The trauma that our world experienced in recent years-as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us-has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Contents: Priesthood in the beginning -- Priesthood in the Middle Ages -- Priesthood now -- Sisterhood in the beginning -- Sisterhood in the Middle Ages -- Sisterhood now -- The priesthood of the people -- The sisterhood of all women -- The rebirth of Catholicism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2004
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Triumph Books 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mowbray 1988
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Publisher / Publication Date: SkyLight Paths Pub. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.3927 MAGSummary: An overcrowded maximum-security prison is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. A dramatic tale of human potential and transformation that closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Freedom Behind Bars Productions 2010
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Summary: "Discover how to overcome eight common distractions to build a meaningful, no-regrets life in this practical guide from the bestselling author of The More of Less and The Minimalist Home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261 BECSummary: A look at the subject of abortion where there can be no absolutes, no "right" or "wrong." Equal time is given to both sides, covering arguments from either extremes of the spectrum, as well as those at the center, who acknowledge that, in the end, everyone is "right" or "wrong."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm 2008