Spirituality

"Universal spiritual insights from five religious traditions"--Cover.

Have you ever considered what it might be like to live in a conscious moment-by-moment communion with God? Letters by a Modern Mystic recounts Frank Laubach's spiritual journey as he began such an experiment, while serving in the 1930s as a lonely missionary on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

As James Jones waited for his heart operation and began to recover from it, he had the Psalms with him day and night, and these are reflections based on each occasion the word 'heart' is used in the Psalms (70 times). These reflections invite the reader to make a new relationship with the psalms.

A spiritual travel memoir showing how the life of God can be found in the most unlikely places. From slum priests quietly bringing hope in the favelas of Brazil to the impact of a child's death on a whole community, Laurence Freeman movingly reveals how the sacred strains to find expression in every life, every place, every day.

This simple, practical guide to 'pure prayer' teaches that we should give God freedom to be himself in our hearts without controlling him with words and images. This is a nourishing, life-giving stream of hope and refreshment.

Explores some of the different spiritual traditions that have influenced Christian witness over the past years. This title also explores how encompassing something of the breadth of Christian spirituality, from Charismatic to Catholic, via Celtic, can not only enrich our faith but strengthen the mission of the Church.