BOOK CENTER
Visit the
Book Center, located in
the Ministry
Center, on Sundays between
worship
services to find these new titles and or to pick up an old favorite. Books are sold
at publisher’s discount.
New Titles in the
Book
Center include:
Gift of the Red Bird
by Paula D’Arcy
D’Arcy writes of her quest
to find and know God in a deep and intimate way
after enduring a
heart-breaking tragedy in her own life.
The New Ethics: A Guided
Tour of the Twenty-First Century
Moral Landscape
by Anita Allen
The author, a Penn law
professor, looks at the unexpected sources for our moral guidance at this
crucial time in history and encourages us to listen for the “little voice”
within.
Soul Feast: An Invitation to
the Christian Spiritual Life
by Margaret
Thompson
A spiritual classic that invites readers to
develop and nurture their own spiritual practice.
Walking a Sacred Path
by Lauren Artress
The Labyrinth has reemerged
as a metaphor for the spiritual journey and a powerful tool for transformation.
Walking a Sacred Path explores the historical origins this spiritual
practice and shows the potential of the Labyrinth to inspire change and renewal.
A New Kind of Christian and
The Story We Find Ourselves In
by Brian McLaren
A fable that emphasizes
unconditional love and reinforces the importance of daily interaction with God.
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth
Gilbert
The best-selling book about
a woman’s search for spiritually and meaning that takes her to
Italy, India,
and Bali.
Annie Freeman’s Fabulous
Traveling Funeral
by
Kris Radish
This Urban Suburban Book
Club selection tells the story of four women who travel across the country to
honor the life of a special friend who is the link that binds them together.
What they discover is the key to their own empowerment and how to become all
they were meant to be.
And
more titles coming soon…………….
Unplug the Christmas Machine
by Jo Robinson
and Jean Coppock Staehli
A
comprehensive guides to managing Christmas stress and combating commercialism
and incorporating solid advice on how to make celebrations more spiritual
When the Spirit Catches You
and You Fall Down
by Ann Fadiman
Another
Urban Suburban Book Club selection explores the Hmong population living in
Merced County, California.
The story follows a Hmong child with a progressive and unpredictable form of
epilepsy. Fadiman examines the controversies that ensue when Western medicine
meets the holistic healing traditions of Hmong.
Amish
Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
by D.
Kraybill, S. Nolt and D. Weaver-Zercher
A
compassionate and intelligent book on the Amish firm belief in forgiveness and
how they lived their beliefs after the tragic shooting of Amish students while
they were in their classroom.
The Story of a Life: St. Theresa of Lisieux
by
Guy Gaucher
A
"must read" for anyone interested in the life and spirituality of St. Therese.
It provides invaluable information about the life of this Saint
Modern Spiritual Masters
by Robert
Ellsburg
Selected writings from
twelve different spiritual masters including Thomas Merton, Mother Teresa,
Gandhi, Dom Helder Camara, Thea Bowman, Henri Nouwen, and Dorothy Day. Their
voices reflect Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Hindu backgrounds.
The common thread running through the writings is
their conviction that the active and the contemplative life not only aren't
incompatible but actually depend on one another.
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