THE WISDOM OF THE DESERT - Thomas Merton
‘Have no confidence in your own virtuousness. Do not worry about a thing once it has been done. Control your tongue and your belly.’ As a...
TWELVE STEPS TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE - Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong traces across Greek tragedy, Romantic poetry and all faiths the efforts to teach how humans can live with compassion for...
MENTAL HEALTH: THE INCLUSIVE CHURCH RESOURCE - Jean Vanier & John Swinton
As a non religious reader, this book’s theological arguments resonate with ethical and logical strength. The case studies show the church...
CROSSING – Mark Barrett OSB
Brother Mark Barrett from the Benedictine community of Worth Abbey creates an imaginative link between the stages of the day as reflected...
FALLING UPWARDS – Richard Rohr SSF
Franciscan priest and prolific writer Richard Rohr explores the concept of the ‘two stages’ of life as a framework for spiritual growth....
SILENCE AND HONEY CAKES – Archbishop Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams introduces us to that oft-forgotten group of 4th century men and women known as the Desert Fathers and Mothers, who headed...
INTO THE SILENT LAND – Martin Laird
This totally readable book takes us on a tour of the again oft-forgotten history of contemplative practice as lived out in the Christian...