Sorin Books imprint: 35 books
Are You Really Listening?
Keys to Successful Communication
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Listening is an essential skill worth every effort to learn and to master. Listening takes us out of our tendency toward self-absorption and self-protection. It opens us to the world around us and to the persons who matter most to us. When we listen, we learn, we grow, and we are nourished. Why do we...
When the Trees Say Nothing
Writings on Nature
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
First published in 2003 and now available in paperback to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Thomas Merton's birth, When the Trees Say Nothing has sold more than 60,000 copies and continually inspires readers with its unique collection of Merton's luminous writings on nature, arranged for...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Thomas Merton was the most popular proponent of the Christian contemplative tradition in the twentieth century. Now, for the first time, some of his most lyrical and prayerful writings have been arranged into A Book of Hours, a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that imitates the increasingly...
God Knows You're Stressed
Simple Ways to Restore Your Balance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Things that happen to us do not cause stress. . . our reaction to what happens causes stress! Missing a bus or plane, preparing for a wedding, juggling multiple deadlines at work—and at home—a child leaving for college, experiencing divorce, the death of a spouse, child or a loved one are just...
Plain Living
A Quaker Path to Simplicity
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Must reading for anyone feeling too busy or too stressed and seeking to simplify their life—to listen to the longings of their heart.
Most of us living in this complex and time-pressured era have moments when we wish we were living simpler, more meaningful lives. Sometimes these wishes are...
No Problem
Turning the Next Corner in Your Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
With total book sales of more than 200,000 copies, spiritual teacher Robert J. Wicks brings his characteristic warmth and insight to his newest book, an "inner workshop" for the soul. He shows readers that personal transformation is attainable through a simple, day-by-day process of identifying and turning...
Field of Compassion
How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The best-selling author of Radical Amazement articulates a transforming vision of spirituality that examines the intricate connectedness of the physical and spiritual worlds, a phenomenon she calls the "field of compassion."
In the tradition of Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry,...
by Joyce Rupp
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018
Compassion was the center of Jesus' ministry and his mission for his disciples—and for us. Bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader Joyce Rupp gives you the words to develop compassion in yourself as never before and to reenergize your ability to offer loving kindness to those around...
The Artist's Rule
Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Christine Valters Paintner, author of Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire, invites readers to discover and develop their creative gifts in a spirit of prayer and reflection. This twelve-week course draws on the insights and practices of Benedictine spirituality to explore the interplay between contemplation...
Prayerfulness
Awakening to the Fullness of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Now in paperback, Prayerfulness,by Robert J. Wicks--therapist, speaker, and bestselling author of Riding the Dragon--examines what it means to live fully in the present moment, with eyes wide open to life and to God. Blending insights from Christian contemplation and Buddhist mindfulness, Robert J. Wicks...
The Eyes of the Heart
Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
In this first book to explore photography as a spiritual practice from a Christian perspective, Christine Valters Paintner builds on the process of contemplative creativity she introduced online at Abbey of the Arts and in her book The Artist's Rule. She considers how a camera can help readers open...
Riding the Dragon
10 Lessons for Inner Strength in Challenging Times
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
With over 50,000 copies sold, Riding the Dragon has for a decade made itself an indispensable spiritual and psychological guide to readers experiencing seasons of adversity. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author with personal reflections and fresh perspectives on today's...
Touching the Holy
Ordinariness, Self Esteem, and Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This repackaged edition of Dr. Robert J. Wicks's most popular book will revitalize his message of ordinariness, self-esteem, and friendship for a new generation of spiritual seekers. Infusing the wisdom of ancient and contemporary Christians with his own vast experience as a parent, teacher, and counselor,...
Streams of Contentment
Lessons I Learned on My Uncle’s Farm
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
In his most intimate self-portrait, Robert J. Wicks--bestselling author of Riding the Dragon and respected spiritual guide, therapist, and speaker--reflects on childhood summers spent away from New York on his family's farm. He mines those memories for lessons in finding contentment amidst hectic...