The author of Writing Down the Bones recounts herjourney awakening from the profound sleep of a suburban childhood,describing her fifteen years as a student of Zen Buddhism, herwriting, and resistance to change. Reprint.

Early one morning, for no earthly reason, Sara Miles, raisedan atheist, wandered into a church, received communion, and foundherself transformed–embracing a faith she’d once scorned. A lesbianleft-wing journalist who’d covered revolutions around the world,Miles didn’t discover a religion that was about angels or goodbehavior or piety; her faith centered on real hunger, real food,and real bodies. Before long, she turned the bread she ate atcommunion into tons of groceries, piled on the church’s altar to begiven away. Within a few years, she and the people she served hadstarted nearly a dozen food pantries in the poorest parts of theircity. Take This Bread is rich with real-lifeDickensian characters–church ladies, millionaires, schizophrenics,bishops, and thieves–all blown into Miles’s life by the relentlessforce of her newfound calling. Here, in this achingly beautiful,passionate book, is the living communion of Christ. “The most amazing book.” –Anne Lamott “Engaging, funny, and

According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path ofhappiness. Now Sylvia Boorstein, nationally bestselling author ofIt’s Easier Than You Think, has taken the 2500-year-old practice ofdeveloping the qualities of a compassionate heart—the core of theBuddha’s own practice—and made it accessible to all. Pay Attentionfor Goodness’ Sake is the first book ever to guide Western readerson the path of the Buddha’s Ten Paramitas, the Perfections of theHeart. Boorstein combines traditional Buddhist teachings andparables with stories from her own life, as well as easy-to-followmeditations, to show how the practice of Mindfulness—payingattention in everyday life—can lead to these perfections that allof us strive for, including Generosity, Morality, Wisdom, Energy,Patience, Determination, and Equanimity. When we take on this practice, Boorstein notes, “our visionbecomes transformed. We see, with increasing clarity, the confusionin our own minds and the suffering in our own hearts. . .

After-death communications, or "ADCs, " occur when someone iscontacted spontaneously and directly by a deceasedfamily member or friend, without the help of any medium. Theauthors' research shows that these spiritual experiences offerhope, love, and comfort for thousands of people. Included are morethan 350 first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been changedand even protected by messages or signs from the deceased.

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The story of novelist and poet Deborah Larsen's youngwomanhood, The Tulip and the Pope is both an exquisitelycrafted spiritual memoir and a beautifully nuanced view of life inthe convent.In midsummer of 1960, nineteen-year-old Deborah sharesa cab to a convent. She and the teenage girls with her, passionateto become nuns, heedless of all they are leaving behind, smoketheir last cigarettes before entering their new lives. In the sameartful prose that distinguished her novel The White ,Larsen's memoir lets us into the hushed life of the convent. Shecaptures the exquisite peace she found there, as well as theextreme constriction of the rules and her gradual awareness of allthat she is missing. Eventually the physical world—the lush tulipshe remembers seeing as a girl, the snow she tunneled in, and eventhe mystery of sex—begins to seem to her an alternative theater fora deep understanding and love of God.

The Little Book of Changes is a fresh interpretation of the I Ching, one of the oldest books in the world-recognized by both Confucians and Taoists as a fundamental work. Author Peter Crisp's perceptive and poetic rendition reimagines the ancient philosophical text as a friendly, accessible, and modern companion.

In celebration of selling 3 million copies, FaithWords is publishing a special updated edition of BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND. Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger and feelings of condemnation: all these are attacks on the mind. If readers suffer from negative thoughts, they can take heart! Joyce Meyer has helped millions win these all-important battles. In her most popular bestseller ever, the beloved author and minister shows readers how to change their lives by changing their minds. She teaches how to deal with thousands of thoughts that people think every day and how to focus the mind the way God thinks. And she shares the trials, tragedies, and ultimate victories from her own marriage, family, and ministry that led her to wondrous, life-transforming truth--and reveals her thoughts and feelings every step of the way. This special updated edition includes an additional introduction and updated content throughout the book.,

When a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless isfound brutally executed, reporter Cindy Thomas knows the storycould be huge . Probing deeper into the victim's history, shediscovers he may not have been as saintly as everyonethought... Rich, beautiful, and powerful, Isa and Ethan Bailey were livingin the spotlight as San Francisco's perfect couple--until they arefound dead in their luxurious home. As the hunt for two criminals tests the skills of the entireWomen's Murder Club, sparks begin to fly between Detective LindsayBoxer and her partner, Rich Conklin, making it difficult to stayfocused on the case. The electrifying new chapter in the Women'sMurder Club series, THE 8TH CONFESSION serves up the mile-a-minutetwists that only James Patterson can deliver.

Dating from around 300BC, Tao Te Ching is the first great classic of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it. A profound mystical insight into the nature of things forms the basis for a humane morality and vision of political utopia.