Inspirational Religious category: 3818 books

Are you looking for a book that heralds a “bigger picture” religion, embracing and validating the best in all religious faiths? One that is light, fun to read, and inspires you toward self-improvement? In this age of Integral Theory, sometimes called Evolutionary Theory, growing numbers of people...

In Spiritual Genius, journalist Winifred Gallagher, the acclaimed author of Working on God, asks Rabbi Lawrence Kushner to define holiness. "Standing in the presence of God," he says. "Everyone has it, but some people seem to have more of a knack for accessing it." Like holiness, the gift that Gallagher...

Religious poetry has often been regarded as minor poetry and dismissed in large part because poetry is taken to require direct experience; whereas religious poetry is taken to be based on faith, that is, on second or third hand experience. The best methods of thinking about "experience"...

Have you ever taken a moment to reflect on the people, places, and events in your life? Do you feel that it’s a coincidence that your life isn’t a straight path to everlasting happiness? Do you feel frustrated and stuck in a rut at times and feel that God doesn’t care? Are you feeling sorry...

Derek Jamess first collection of poetry comprises contemplative free-verse poems with vivid imagery and multiple layers of duality. While each poem maintains its independence, the sequence of the collection unfolds a short tragic love story between Sophia (wisdom) and Adam (mankind) that draws reflections...

Maryann Country has a joy and enthusiasm for life, and it is expressed in her poems. Some of her true life experiences were the inspiration in some of her poetry. Maryanns poems include religious, spiritual, inspirational, and holiday. Other than poetry, Maryann is also a singer/songwriter....

Before 22 is a collection of short stories and poetry that bring together sentiments of youth and hope and innocence, reminding us of a time within all of us when the world was new and bursting with possibility. In An American Tradition, the struggles of an immigrant family at the turn of the last...

From the dawn of civilization, man has been earnestly seeking God; what He is like and how to please Him. The need to know God is often driven by fear of the unknown, in particular of death and how eternity will be spent - in heaven or in hell. Philosophers and religious teachers have offered theories...

Jessica Powers (1905-1988), a Discalced Carmelite nun and member of the Carmel of the Mother of God, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, has been hailed as one of America's greatest religious poets. She approved this anthology, the most extensive collection of her poems, only five weeks before her death. This book...

Paradise Everywhere is paradise Through the sunshine and the rain For there is our God now In the hills and on the plain On the shore, the sands are shifting As the waves do ripple in Further out, the seas are rolling Cloudy sunlight shining thin In the forest, trees are waving Tall...

The poems in Windows of My Mind: Sixty Poetic Expressions assume styles mainly in free verse and rhyming scheme formats. Further, those that rhyme exhibit a variety of rhyming positions within poems. A few of the poems (i.e., The Tortoise & The Hare, The Old Woman With One Eye, Once In Eden, and...

When a Child Sings is a beautiful collection of inspirational and childrens poems, lyrics for all seasons, devotionals, and encouragement. In essence, it is volume 2 of Sunrays and Lily Smiles, published in 2014. The author has also included as a special gift a six-part series for the young, or young...

"A valuable window into a recent past – courageous, poignant, enriching and honest." Margaret MacCurtain Born into a well-to-do family living in Simmonscourt Castle, Dublin in 1934, Catherine McCann lived a rarefied life, playing tennis and attending parties as part of Dublin's upper...

"Seasons of Faith: Religious and Spiritual Poetry" By Peter Menkin, Obl Cam OSB MILL VALLEY, Calif. (Release Date TBD) Poetry, on the other hand, offers us deep riches of meaning with a remarkable economy of words. This was an art of wisdom often chosen by the mystics of the West and popularized...