Becoming Human8 reviews Jean Vanier Paulist Press, 1999 superb + Jean Vanier is a saint + Accessible Reflections on Spirituality in Practice + creating a common good             Fast Facts® on False Teachings41 reviews Ron Carlson, Ed Decker Harvest House Publishers, 2003 One of the best "quick books" on false religion! + lifting the veil + Very useful & GREAT book! I bought this book before, and had loaned it to a friend who moved out of the state. I had to get another copy of this book... but what was it that made it great? Simply the fact that the book isn't vague about anything. The authors are not just giving thier opinions, but comparing the beliefs and ...             The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness5 reviews Alice Miller Anchor, 1991 Alice Through the looking glass + Still the double whammy it was twenty years ago, first time around. + Extraordinary Insight + Demystifying Childhood             Prisoners Of Childhood-reissue17 reviews Alice Miller Basic Books, 1996 A Wise & Perceptive Book About Children of Narcissistic Parents. + Profound insights ... + Frustrating But Extremely Valuable + Beware + The core of much suffering             The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Third Edition78 reviews Alice Miller Basic Books, 1996 A Significant Piece of the Puzzle + A classic. Groundbreaking truths still enlightening after all these years. And I can recommend + for adults who were parentified as children by their own parents + Great book w good examples + always there             From Brokenness to Community (Harold M. Wit Lectures)3 reviews Jean Vanier Paulist Press, 1992 BRIEF YET DEEP LESSON IN COMPASSION, COMMUNITY, AND LOVING RECONCILIATION OUR POPE CALLS US TO IN SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS + I often give this book as a gift. + Vanier's Insight This deceptively brief yet measurelessly profound collection of talks given by the late, great Jean Vanier as part of the Harvard Divinity School's Wit Lecture series, after invitation by the great Catholic theologian Father Henri Nouwen, has been happily presented by the fine and faithful Catholic ...             For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence21 reviews Alice Miller Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990 Permission to Know + Miller psychoanalyzes her civilization, finding it guilty of child abuse + the issue is control--by 'them' of you + To Save the World: This Must Read + life changing book             The Heart of Matter1 review Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Harvest Books, 2002 an autobiographical work by the Jesuit scientist... ...and evolutionary philosopher. Worth having, if only for more of the author's wonderfully intuitive insights and a rough chronology of the development of his thought. A man of spirit as well as the earth, I think he would have liked Marie-Louise von Franz's description of alchemy, a ...             To Kill a Mockingbird1762 reviews Harper Lee Grand Central Publishing, 1988 Excelent Book! + There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries... + Tequila Mockingbird + Great!!Love this book + LOVE THIS BOOK!             Seeing Beyond Depression1 review Jean Vanier Paulist Press, 2001 Through the Eyes of Love Jean Vanier, noted spiritual author and founder of the L'Arche communities for people with learning disabilities, gently describes various aspects of the causes of, experience of, and recovery from depression. Though neither a clinical analysis nor a first-person narrative, Seeing Beyond ...             The Resilient Spirit: Transforming Suffering Into Insight And Renewal5 reviews Polly Young Eisendrath Da Capo Press, 1997 Young-Eisendrath Excellent and Helpful Again + Really Helped + Excellent Book + It changed my life! + Highly recommended             The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self8 reviews Alice Miller, Andrew Jenkins Basic Books, 2002 This book will break down your internal walls of silence + Great focus on underlying causes, but not as practical as I hoped. I read this book carefully & slowly. I will not be the same again, in that I will no longer go through life, with my eyes closed. Emotionally, this book has freed me to a great extent. I believe then, that it can do so for anyone who is honest & open.             An Ark For The Poor: The Story of L'Arche Jean Vanier The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc., 1995 L'Arche communities welcome all persons, no matter what their weaknesses or handicaps. In this book, L'Arche's founder, Jean Vanier, tells the story of the community's first thirty years.             Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism, and Redemption42 reviews M. Scott Peck Free Press, 2005 A Great Read + Not too preachy + Review: Glimpses of the Devil If you're not a practicing Christian, you might think that the experiences shared by Scott Peck could be better explained by natural phenomena but Christians familiar with the Bible know full well how demons can afflict and even possess human beings. I was amazed that a relatively new believer in ...             Solo Piano33 reviews Philip Glass Sony, 1989 Amazing + marvelous composer + Absolutely AMAZING! Don't play this in an elevator; don't play this while you make dinner; don't play this on a Sunday afternoon while you read; don't play this while you watch tv; don't play this while you put away the clothes; don't play this in your car; don't play this while you're getting ready for work in the ...             Ministry and Spirituality: Creative Ministry, the Wounded Healer, Reaching Out1 review Henri J. M. Nouwen Continuum International Publishing Group, 1996 Nouwen is at it again!?! Henri J. M. Nouwen does it one more time in this compilation of three of his most popular works. This is a book for all those involved with any type of ministry, especially those with a leadership role in ministry as a whole. Priests, Ministers and so forth would do well in improving their ...             People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil146 reviews M. Scott Peck Touchstone, 1998 a helpful primer on thinking about evil + DANGER - This is a life-changing book + The Ability to Recognize Human Evil is Crucial for Self-Preservation After reading, enjoying, and becoming inspired by The Road Less Travelled I had to take Dr. Peck's writing seriously. People of the Lie was a wrenching departure from his first book, a "nice book", as he says. Even tho I am no longer a Christian and in spite of the Christian overtones of POTL, I ...             I Meet Jesus: He Tells Me "I Love You" : Story of the Love of God Through the Bible1 review Jean Vanier Paulist Press, 1981 Highly recommended. See for yourself. I hope I can describe to you the "feel" of having this gentle and powerful book in your hands. (I have the paperback version.) It is the shape of the image Amazon has at the top of the book's home page, but bear in mind that it opens out into twice that width. Unlike most children books, it is ...             In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership42 reviews Henri J. M. Nouwen The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1992 Essential Reading + Julie + In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership Henri Nouwen's humility is felt from the introduction as he describes himself as "part of a larger movement of which I am only a very small part" (9). He admits his personal struggle as he faced the reality that as he grew older, he was not growing closer to Jesus. The success of his life was ...             Community and Growth: Our Pilgrimage Together Revised Edition6 reviews Jean Vanier Paulist Press, 1989 A Rich Resource for the Christian Community + Community Life + I can't put it in a short phrase... + Exhortative and Realistic Look at Community Life + Excellent Christian Community Text