REFRESH YOUR SPIRIT: CHECK OUT A BOOK (OR DVD) FROM THE ST. JAMES’ LIBRARY
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THEO-18 Williams, Rowan Writing in the Dust: After September 11 (2002). Former archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, presents deep and moving theological reflections based on the tragedy of September 11.
SPIR-41.2 Rolheiser, Ronald The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality (1999). Hopefully this book will help make things of faith a little clearer, acceptable and hopeful. Also that a bit of God’s sympathy and consolation might seep through to the reader.
PRAY-21.2 Rohr, Richard Dancing Standing Still (2014). Rohr explores the challenges, rewards, and possibilities of integrating the prayer life with an active and engaged life, moving outward in compassion from a prayerful stance.
MERT-1.1 Deignan, Kathleen, editor Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (2007). Deignan has woven together a collection of Merton’s prayer, prose, and poetry into a contemporary psalter that holds us day after day in the embrace of mystery.
INSP-52.3 Thurman, Howard Jesus and the Disinherited (1976). The centerpiece of Thurman’s lifelong attempts to bring the harrowing beauty of the African-American experience into deep engagement with the “religion of Jesus,” the Gospel that recovers a manual of resistance for the poor and disenfranchised.
PRAY-12.1 Keller, David Come and See: The Transformation of Personal Prayer (2009). Keller’s perspective on prayer and meditation is deeply Christian but also acknowledges the profound contribution of other faith traditions.
SPIR-26.1 Martin, Jonathan How to Survive a Shipwreck: Help Is on the Way and Love Is Already Here (donated by Anonymous).
~John Maloney, Church Librarian