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Each item links to either the Presbyterian Distribution Service online or Amazon.com where you can get more information about each book, or even purchase the book if you like.

The items below have been used by our staff or recommended to us, but they are not available through the Office of Spiritual Formation, nor do we have any additional information on how to purchase them. Contact the publisher for more details on how to acquire the product in question.

 
     
 
Craig Dykstra, Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1999.
 
         
         
    Allen, Diogenes. Spiritual Theology: The Theology of Yesterday for Spiritual Help Today. Boston, MA: Cowley Publications, 1997.  
         
    Artress, Lauren. Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Tool. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1995.  
         
    Au, Wilkie and Noreen Cannon. Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1994.  
         
    Bass, Dorothy (ed.). Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People. San Francisco, NY: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997.  
         
    Brooke, Avery. Healing in the Landscape of Prayer. Boston, MA: Cowley Publications, 1996.  
         
    Campbell, Peter A. and Edwin M. McMahan. Bio-Spirituality: Focusing as a Way to Grow. Chicago, IL: Loyola Press, 1985, 1997.  
         
    Conroy, Maureen. The Discerning Heart: Discovering a Personal God. Chicago, IL: Loyola Press, 1993.  
         
 
Downey, Michael. Understanding Christian Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1997.
 
         
 
Edwards, Tilden. Living in the Presence: Disciplines for the Spiritual Heart. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1987.
 
         
    - Living Simply Through the Day. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1978.  
         
    Fischer, Kathleen. Women at the Well: Feminist Perspectives on Spiritual Direction. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1988.  
         
 
Foster, Richard J. Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1992.
 
         
    - Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, revised edition. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1988.  
         
    Groff, Kent Ira. Journeymen: A Spiritual Guide for Men (and for Women Who Want to Understand Them). Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 1999.  
         
 
Haughey, John C. Converting 9 to 5: A Spirituality of Daily Work. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1989.
 
         
    Johnson, Ben Campbell. Discerning God's Will. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990.  
         
    - To Will God's Will: Beginning the Journey. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.  
         
    - To Pray God's Will: Continuing the Journey. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987.  
         
    Jones, Alan. Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1985.  
         
    Keating, Thomas. Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel. Rockport, MA: Element, 1986.  
         
    Kidd, Sue Monk. When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions. San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1990.  
         
 
Kirvan, John. God Hunger: Discovering the Mystic in All of Us. Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 1999.
 
         
    Linn, Dennis, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew Linn. Good Goats: Healing Our Image of God. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1994.  
         
    McClain, George and Walter Wink. Claiming All Things for God: Discernment and Ritual for Social Change. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1998.  
         
 
McGinnis, James and Richard Rohr. Journey to Compassion: A Spirituality for the Long Haul. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1993.
 
         
    Merton, Thomas. Contemplative Prayer. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1969, reprinted 1996.  
         
    Moltmann, Jurgen. The Source of Life: The Holy Spirit and the Theology of Life. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1997.  
         
 

The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years from East to West, edited by Gordon Mursell. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001. ISBN 0800632893.

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    Nouwen, Henri J.M. The Way of the Heart. New York, NY: Ballantine, 1981.  
         
    - Seeds of Hope: Thoughts to Nourish a New Spirituality: A Henri Nouwen Reader. Edited by Robert Durback. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1989.  
         
    Palmer, Parker J. The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1990.  
         
    - To Know As We Are Known: A Spirituality of Education. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1983.  
         
 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Growing In the Life of Christian Faith. 1989, revised with Study Guide, 1991. Available through Presbyterian Distribution Service, 800-524-2612.
 
         
    Rice, Howard L. Reformed Spirituality: An Introduction for Believers. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991.  
         
    Rienstra, Marchiene Vroon. Come to the Feast: Seeking God's Bounty for Our Lives and Souls. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.  
         
    Ryan, Thomas. Prayer of Heart & Body: Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1995.  
         
 
Saliers, Don E. Worship and Spirituality. Philadelphia, PA: Westminster Press, 1984.
 
         
    Schroeder, Celeste Snowber. Embodied Prayer: Harmonizing Body and Soul. Liguori, MO: Triumph Books, 1995.  
         
    Shannon, William H. Seeds of Peace: Contemplation and Non-Violence. New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1996.  
         
    Standish, N. Graham. Forming Faith in a Hurricane: A Spiritual Primer for Daily Living. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 1999.  
         
    Svoboda, Melannie. Traits of a Healthy Spirituality. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1997.  
         
    Thompson, Marjorie J. Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995.  
         
    Tuoti, Francis X. Why Not Be a Mystic? New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing Co., 1996.  
         
    Vennard, Jane. Praying with Body and Soul: A Way to Intimacy With God. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1998.  
         
 
Wicks, Robert J. Seeking Perspective: Weaving Spirituality and Psychology in Search of Clarity. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1991.
 
         
    - Touching the Holy: Ordinariness, Self-Esteem, and Friendship. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1992.  
         
      - Seeds of Sensitivity: Deepening Your Spiritual Life. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1995.  
         
    - After 50: Spiritually Embracing Your Own Wisdom Years. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1997.  
         
    . Wiederkehr, Macrina. A Tree Full of Angels: Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1988.  
         
    - The Song of the Seed: A Monastic Way of Tending the Soul. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1995.  
         
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