Recommended Reading

• Jesus our Spiritual Director, Wendy Miller – Excellent tool for individual or groups.
• The Practice of Prayer, Margaret Guenther – Deeper explanation of lectio divina.
• Living in the ?uestion, M. Basil Pennington – Meditations on some of Jesus’ questions.
• Who do you say I am?, M. Basil Pennington – Also writes on contemplative prayer.
• Group Spiritual Direction, Rose Mary Dougherty – Process used for spiritual companioning activity.
• A Hidden Wholeness, Parker J. Palmer – Subtitle: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life, Welcoming the Soul and Weaving Community in a Wounded World.
• The Holy Longing, Ronald Rolheiser.
• Praying with Body and Soul, Jane E. Vennard.
• Faith, the Yes of the Heart, Grace Adolphsen Brame.
• A Season in the Desert: Making Time Holy, W. Paul Jones.
• A Table in the Desert: Making Space Holy, W. Paul Jones.
• The Better Part, Thomas Keating – Excellent resource for contemplative prayer.
• A Listening Heart, Brother David Steindl-Rast.
• My Soul in Silence Waits: Contemplations on the Psalms, Margaret Guenther.
• A Tree Full of Angels, Macrina Wiederkehr – Seeing God in the ordinary.
• Soul Making, Alan Jones.
• Primary Speech, Barry and Ann Ulanov.
• Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer.
• Syncronicity, Joe Jaworski.
• The Power of Flow, Charlene Belitz and Meg Lundstrom.
• Reaching Out, Henri Nouwen.
• Fresh Bread, Joyce Rupp.
• A Cup of Coffee at the Soul Café, Leonard Sweet.
• Wellsprings, Anthony de Mello.
• The Song of the Bird, Anthony de Mello.
• Wisdom Distilled from the Daily, Joan Chittister.
• Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg.
• Leading with Soul, Bowman & Deal – A fictional narrative of a man and his meetings with a wise spiritual director.
• Glimpses of Grace, Madeliene L’Engle.
• Circle of Quiet, Madeliene L’Engle.
• Spiritual Literacy, Frederick and Mary Ann Brussat.
• Sharing Wisdom, Robert J. Wicks.
• Being Home, Gunilla Norris.
• Inviting Silence, Gunilla Norris.
• Becoming Bread, Gunilla Norris.
• Little Pieces of Light, Joyce Rupp.
• Loving Jesus, Mark Allan Powell.
• Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in our Busy Lives, Wayne Muller.
• Soul Feast, Margaret Thompson.
• Roots and Wings, Margaret Silf.
• Leadership and Self-Deception, Arbinger Institute.
• Anatomy of Peace, Arbinger Institute.