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Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition 8 reviews
Robert K. Greenleaf
Paulist Press, 2002
Not For the Weak of Heart
Servant-Leadership is rapidly becoming a popularized term and a popular concept to bandy about in many circles.
This is the book that started that trend.
Published originally in 1977, it contains articles and concepts that found their germination in the turbulant decade of the 1960's. While you might imagine from the term "Servant-Leader" that the ideology of this book stems from religious ...
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Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness5 reviews
David Steindl-Rast, Henri J. M. Nouwen
Paulist Press, 1984
I'm very grateful for this book...
You can tell from reading this book that the author is gentle and sincere, and that his life reflects the values and insights he shares here. I first read this book around 1994, and it is the most dog-eared of my books. I have almost the whole thing underlined. By refusing to get bogged down in theoretical disputes or definitions, and instead focusing on the bone of the Christian ...
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Hope for the Flowers 81 reviews
Trina Paulus
Paulist Press, 1997
great picture book for adults
a friend lent this book to me quite a while ago when i was down and out. i'd been feeling the same way - a little lost about life in general - so i decided to look it up and it was as moving as the first time i read this book. a story about love and life and growing and learning who you really are, these cutesy characters and handwritten words are simple, yet powerful enough to reach even the ...
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How to Be an Adult: A Handbook for Psychological and Spiritual Integration20 reviews
David Richo
Paulist Press, 1991
Happiness in adulthood
I found this book helpful over 6 years ago when I first read it. I just finished reading it again (for the third time); the author's thoughts and understanding of life-issues (loneliness, relationships, self-esteem, adulthood, happiness) remain as helpful and relevant now as before. The way he contrasts "anger" (a natural feeling) from "drama" (an avoidance of true feeling); his exposition on ...
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Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self from Thomas Merton And Other Saints (Christian Classics) 9 reviews
James Martin
Paulist Press, 2006
Great for discussion
Our scripture group is setting aside a half hour each week before our meetings to discuss each chapter of this book. Several members have already read it once and are eager to read it again so that we can talk about how it applies to each of us. I just can't say enough for Father James Martin--what a great, somewhat new, voice from the Jesuits to the "people in the pews."
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Pseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality)10 reviews
Karlfried Froehlich
Paulist Press, 1987
The Cornerstone of Western Mysticism
Sometime at around the 5th or 6th century A.D., a Christian monk sat down and penned several works on 'mystical' theology. Passing himself off as the famous Athenian convert to Christianity who heard St Paul in Athens, the works of this monk became the foundations upon which later great Christian mystics such as Meister Eckhart, the author of the Cloud of Unknowning, St John of Cross, Nicholas ...
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Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life15 reviews
Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, ...
Paulist Press, 1995
A Book To Be Read By All
This book was quoted by our pastor and I purchased it for our church library. I find it to be a wonderful, well written book with a message for our world.
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Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction20 reviews
Lawrence Boadt
Paulist Press, 1984
Excellent Resource
I am in an Old Testament class, and our professor recommended this book as a useful tag-along to his teaching. It truly is a great text, and I highly recommend it.
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Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality17 reviews
J. Philip Newell
Paulist Press, 1997
The importance of this book cannot be underestimated; a must read.
This book has brought me into a closer relationship with God and fostered healing in my life. I am very grateful to Newell for his beautiful weaving of the glorious mysteries of God and the wholesome balance of Celtic Theology. If you are more interested in the institutionalized church, you may have problems with this book. But for those of us who are seeking a deeper meaning to life than the ...
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When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-Less and Resource-Full10 reviews
David Richo
Paulist Press, 1997
If you live in fear order this today!
I cannot say enough good things about this book. I have tried a lot of self-help techniques but the ones contained in this book are unlike any I've encountered. The biggest lesson I got out of this book is that so many of our problems nowadays occur because we had painful experiences earlier in life but instead of facing them and accepting the ramifications - we chose to lie to ourselves instead. ...
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Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones: Spiritual Answers to Psychological Questions3 reviews
Benedict J. Groeschel
Paulist Press, 1987
The best self help book I have ever read
Many folks get the short end of things, born into a bad home, or with a health problem. Latter we can develop addictions or perhaps other serious psychological problems. A simple answer, the traditional one, is that God knows what is best for us and our situation is what is best for our salvation. So, be happy in you handicap or addiction and go home? Groeschel is far more healthy and holistic ...
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Bonaventure: The Soul's Journey into God, the Tree of Life, the Life of St. Francis (The Classics of Western ...7 reviews
Ewert Cousins
Paulist Press, 1978
The Vision of God in Jesus Christ
This book is a spiritual gold mine for all people seeking to see God in Jesus Christ as well as those from any and every background who seek the Truth.
St Bonaventure (1217 - 1274) is a doctor of the Catholic Church, lover of Christ, mystic and near contemporary of his spiritual father, St Francis of Assisi.
The book's first work, "The Soul's Journey into God", is an account of how to ...
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The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality)10 reviews
Kathleen Norris
Paulist Press, 1998
Finding Grace in the Mundane
Kathleen Norris provides a very personal and thoughtful way of looking at everyday chores as an opportunity to experience grace. Since it is the lot in life of every human being to spend time at routine, unglamorous tasks, it is no surprise that those who seek contact with God can find it while sweeping the floor or commuting to work. Ms. Norris describes "women's work" such as hanging laundry ...
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Too Deep for Words: Rediscovering Lectio Divina5 reviews
Thelma Hall
Paulist Press, 1988
A perfect book for prayer
I have used "Too Deep For Words" for over a decade. It is a concise and well-written introduction to one of the most ancient forms of Christian prayer - and one of the most simple. In Hall's book, she clearly lays out the theory and methodology of the prayer. In the second part, she lists by theme various scripture quotes and references for use in prayer. In an age of workshops, ...
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Beginning to Pray11 reviews
Anthony Bloom
Paulist Press, 1982
Anthony Bloom was born to write this book!!
First I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Archbishop Anthony Bloom for writing this book! It is an EXCELLENT place to begin or even re-begin learning about prayer and praying in general.
I'm personally very interested in Christian orthodoxy, but this is a great book for ALL Christians!
At just over 100 pages, it makes a quick read but is very deep and insightful. Definitely recommended!
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The Catholic Church through the Ages: A History12 reviews
John Vidmar
Paulist Press, 2005
The Catholic Church Through the Ages: A History
Book matches the text I was required to purchase for my college course. The Amazon price saved me a lot of money.
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An Introduction to Canon Law (Revised)1 review
James A. Coriden
Paulist Press, 2004
This "Intro to CL a must have"
This gives a quick, easy to understand, in a nutshell briefing on a difficult, legalized subject. It helps greatly. I recommend it to all students of the "Law" and future deacons like myself.
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The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Paulist Press, 2008
The book seeks to establish the properly oriented use of the historical-critical method as the mode of ascertaining the sense of the written Word of God. Pastors, preachers, students in biblical disciplines, and scholars will appreciate the discussion of the role of the Bible in Catholic life since Vatican Council II, the discussion that the Biblical Commission devoted to the historical truth of the Gospels, the relation of the ...
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The Churches The Apostles Left Behind11 reviews
S.S. Raymond E. Brown
Paulist Press, 1984
A Solid Biblical Start to a Study of Ecclesiology
Raymond Brown's investigation into the Apostolic communities of the early Church provides a solid biblical foundation for studies of the Church. It offers a mature view of the scripture which attests to these communities. While remaining orthodox, Brown does not appeal to less-informed views of the Bible. Instead, he views the testimony of the New Testament writers within their realistic ...
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Becoming Human8 reviews
Jean Vanier
Paulist Press, 1999
creating a common good
Jean Vanier is my favorite philosopher and spiritual thinker, and although he's a Christian, his teachings have tremendous appeal to people of all religious or non-religious perspectives. What a wonderful, wonderful human being. God bless him! Growing up, I used to eagerly watch Jean Vanier's TV program where he talks about the importance of love and relationship with others, what he calls ...
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