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Spiritual Practices: Meditations & Poetry

resources to support contemplative beginners and adepts, including individuals, families, small groups and congregational practices

Books

All Manner of Things     Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley     Picture of Catching Fire, Becoming Flame -- 10th Anniversary Edition     Collisions of Earth and Sky: Connecting with Nature for Nourishment, Reflection, and Transformation     Come, Have Breakfast: Meditations on God and the Earth     Dancing through Fire | Daily Poems of Wisdom, Passion, and Peace (Datsko de Sanchez)     Drinking Pure Light | Daily Poems of Courage, Compassion, and Surrender (Datsko de Sanchez)     Duress               How to Live in a Chaotic Climate by LaUra Schmidt, Aimee Lewis Reau and Chelsie Rivera          Incantations for Rest     Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder's Meditations on Hope and Courage     Leaning toward Light     Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman     BL_TheMotherArtist_Cover_9781506488707c               BL_PsalmsOfMyPeople_Cover_9781506479026c     Searching for the Sacred: Sixty Meditations on Faith, Hope, and Love     Singing Fierce Gratitude | Daily Poems of Abundance, Generosity, and Gratitude (Datsko de Sanchez)      Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder     Spiritual Consipation     Voices of Lament | Baker Publishing Group

Multimedia

Sunday Musings: Mary of Mercy and Justice

Diana Butler Bass shares two excerpts from Gerald Manley Hopkins' poetry: May Magnificat and The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe.

Children

Brother Sun, Sister Moon     

In Our Library - Adults

Be Still!          Birdlike and Barnless: Meditations, Prayers and Songs for Progressive  Christians: Jim Burklo: 9781878282545: Amazon.com: Books     Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley     24030555     Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God          9780972718448: Creative Ideas: A Spiritual Compass for Personal Expression     Crossings: Meditations for Worship     Daily Feast     Daily Feast: Meditations from Feasting on the Word, Year B  -     Edited By: Kathleen Long Bostrom, Elizabeth F. Caldwell     Daily Feast     9781558964525: A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year     Book Cover     Picture of Finding Words for Worship     For Every Season | Reflective Liturgies for Worship (Somerville-Wong)     From Glory into Glory Reflections for Worship     Grace's Window: Entering the Seasons of Prayer  -     By: Suzanne E. Guthrie                   9780829812206: An Improbable Gift of Blessing: Prayers to Nurture the Spirit     Invisible Light          Image 1          Picture of Prayers for Healing     The Restoration Project               Paperback Seasons of Hope: Readings for the Liturgical Year Book                          15987910     taodeching     Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements  -     By: Christine Valters Paintner     The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life  -     Edited By: Michael Leach, James Keane, Doris Goodnough     The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello (Image Pocket  Classics): Anthony de Mello: 9780385249393: Amazon.com: Books

In Our Library - Children