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Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration

5 reviews
Wilkie Au, Noreen Cannon

Paulist Press, 1995

AWESOME!!!!! INSIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!
The day of Easter Vigil, before confirmation, we were required to spend 4 hours of prayer time by ourselfs. We could go anywhere on the grounds. I did a little snooping and found a priest's office that had a bookshelf. Here was Urgings of the Heart sitting on the shelf. I took it down and began to read. This book is so awesome. I went out and bought it myself. I'm on the last chapter, but, it's ...

By Way of the Heart: Toward a Holistic Christian Spirituality

3 reviews
S.J. Wilkie Au

Paulist Press, 1991

Essential reading for Christians.
A fantastic book in every respect. Written by a Jesuit priest-psychologist who's also a Theology professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. At long last, a Catholic scholar who integrates purely human needs with traditional Church teaching and makes complete sense. No dissident theology or new age mumbo-jumbo in this very challenging and thoroughly modern book.

The Enduring Heart: Spirituality for the Long Haul
Wilkie Au

Paulist Press, 2000

The middle years are a time when people yearn to abandon the trivial, create a better self, and begin living in relation to life's ultimate questions. Yet it's also a time when people need new energy, new reasons for being faithful not only to God but to themselves. From the author of Urgings of the Heart comes this warm guidebook to help those in their middle years "live with soul"--that is, actively choose life until the very end. The book ...

Upper Room Disciplines 2006: A Book of Daily Devotions (Upper Room Disciplines: A Book of Daily Devotions)

3 reviews
Wilkie Au, Elena De La Pena, ...

Upper Room Books, 2005

Great devotional aid!
I've only had this book a few days, but already I can tell that it will be a wonderful devotional aid for the entire year. I like the fact that each week follows a different theme, and that the themes come from the lectionary. This is a great book; I highly recommend it to those looking for devotions with some "meat" in them.

The Discerning Heart: Exploring the Christian Path
Wilkie Au, Noreen Cannon Au

Paulist Press, 2006

Integrating the wisdom of Christian tradition and recent psychological findings on effective decision-making, this book presents a view of Christian discernment that honors the body-spirit unity of the person and the broad and mysterious ways we can be led by the spirit of God in our life-choices. Going beyond discernment skills and concrete practices, this book presents a coherent theoretical understanding of discernment that grounds the ...