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  • Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart

    Meditations for the Restless Soul

    by Jon M. Sweeney, Mark S. Burrows ...
    This fresh translation of poetry by the fourteenth-century Christian mystic "sets the heart ablaze and the spirit soaring" (Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, author of The Artist's Rule).Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Phyllis Tickle

    A Life

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    The definitive biography of one of the most beloved and respected figures in American religious life.In this comprehensive biography, Jon Sweeney, official biographer of Tickle’s literary estate, explores every aspect of her life, a more than 50-year legacy of poetry; plays; literary, spiritual, and historical/theological work; and advocacy. Sweeney examines Tickle’s personal and professional ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pope Who Quit

    A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    The riveting story of Pope St. Celestine V, the pope who retired from the papacy.At the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an instigator, a prophet, a coward, a saint, and possibly the victim of murder. A stroke ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Sit in the Sun

    And Other Lessons in the Spiritual Wisdom of Cats

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    As a spiritual pilgrim for more than half a century, Jon Sweeney has practiced with teachers of many religious traditions. He's gone looking for wisdom, beauty, and truth wherever it can be found. But recently he's found himself learning closer to home--from the teacher-cats he lives with.What he discovered is that our greatest spiritual teachers are at our feet. Literally. They are the cats we ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Thomas Merton

    An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    An introduction to the spiritual legacy of Thomas MertonThomas Merton was a Trappist monk and one of the most influential spiritual figures of the 20th century. His writing on contemplation, monastic life, mysticism, poetry, and social issues have influenced generations and his legacy of interfaith understanding and social justice endures to this day. Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Feed the Wolf

    Befriending Our Fears in the Way of Saint Francis

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    Turn from fear and find peace with one of the most recognized figures in Christian history.Saint Francis of Assisi understood that the surest way for a person to turn from fear and find grace was to embrace a life filled with ordinary miracles. And for twenty-first century living, we can learn from the teachings of this beloved sainttofind a path where our faith is made tangible again and where we ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 3000 Miles to Jesus

    Pilgrimage as a Way of Life for Spiritual Seekers

    by Lisa Deam ...
    Propelled by a desire for the sacred, spiritual seekers of the Middle Ages were masters of pilgrimage, dedicated to their journeys of religious devotion. Their epic voyages took them across continents and treacherous mountain passages, and were undertaken with a keen awareness of the possible perils of the journey. Still, by faith, they went on pilgrimage in hopes of tracing the steps of Jesus in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • St. Francis and the Christian Life

    A Disorderly Parable of the Epistle to the Galatians

    by April Love-Fordham ...
    How do we live the Christian life? April Love-Fordham and her husband contemplated this as they retraced the footsteps of Saint Francis across the Italian wilderness. Did they need to renounce materialism and live more simply? Did they need to do more work serving those in need? Was more Bible study or a stronger prayer life needed? What made their commitment to Christ different than those ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Experiencing God

    36 Ways According to Saint Francis of Assisi

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    “It has given me a friend in Saint Francis for a lifetime. A divine encounter.” —Karen Kiefer, Director, The Church in the 21st Century Center, Boston CollegeReplicable experiences of God according to Francis of Assisi, offered on the 800th anniversary of his death.Never have we needed more to experience God—to feel God. Francis of Assisi was spiritual before anyone used that word, and he was ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Beauty Awakening Belief

    How the Medieval Worldview Inspires Faith Today

    by Jon M. Sweeney ...
    What once drove men to construct enormous abbeys and cathedrals, with gargoyles, rounded arches, rose windows, dark recesses, and flying buttresses?In the modern imagination, these structures are believed to tell a series of stories about the meaning of life, but this anachronism would have astounded their medieval creators. As he explores two of the finest churches of this period – the Abbey of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Praying with Our Hands

    21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's Spiritual Traditions

    by Jon M. Sweeney, Taitetsu Unno, PhD ...
    A spiritual guidebook for bringing prayer into our bodiesThe power of words is nowhere more evident than when we use them to pray, but prayer is also the place where we most often come up against the limitations of words. In this intriguing book of reflections and accompanying photographs, we see how our bodies, in particular our hands, can give meaning to our prayers in a way that words alone ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God Within

    Our Spiritual Future—As Told by Today's New Adults

    Edited by Editors at SkyLight Paths Publishing, Jon M. Sweeney ...
    Our Faith, In Our WordsWhat does it mean to be young and spiritual today—when the New Age isn’t exactly new, when female rabbis and ministers are no longer unusual, and when Eastern religion’s ideas and practices are no longer considered exotic? Who are the faces behind today’s fresh approaches to faith, approaches that are destined to shape the future of spiritual life in America?"Religion is not ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus