Ave Maria Press: 253 books
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...
Availability
The Challenge and the Gift of Being Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
For almost thirty years, Availability has been a trusted guide for cultivating openness and being present to God, self, and others. In this new edition, Robert Wicks describes availability as a challenging but spiritually rewarding way to live a more balanced life.
Drawing insights from his...
Open the Door
A Journey to the True Self
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The long-awaited book from best-selling spiritual guide Joyce Rupp, creatively leads readers to explore how the image of the door can guide them in a process of discovering their true self. Joyce Rupp brings new life to the ageless spiritual image of the door, weaving insights from East and West with...
by Louis Bouyer
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
A French convert to Catholicism in 1939, Louis Bouyer is a renowned theologian who was an influential presence at Vatican II. His classic work, Introduction to the Spiritual Life—first published in English in 1961 and now brought back into print—provides readers with an inspiring and comprehensive...
Radical Amazement
Contemplative Lessons from Black Holes, Supernovas, and Other Wonders of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Twentieth century science completely revolutionized human understanding of the world, rewriting the story of the universe with exciting discoveries and theories—the big bang, the relativity of space and time, the accelerating expansion of the universe, along with increasingly refined ideas of evolution...
The Soul's Slow Ripening
12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2018
What does God want for your life?
Christine Valters Paintner, bestselling Catholic author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, uses reflections, stories, guided activities, prayer experiences, and a variety of creative arts to help you patiently and attentively listen to God’s invitation.
Everyone...
Anchors for the Soul
Daily Wisdom for Inspiration and Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
For more than thirty years, Joyce Rupp has been writing bestselling spiritual books that have accompanied readers through the seasons of life and helped them glimpse the Divine. In Anchors for the Soul, prayers, poems, blessings, and meditations from Rupp’s many works are brought together to offer...
A Time to Plant
Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Writer, teacher, and farmer Kyle T. Kramer presents the honest, humorous, and uplifting story of coming to know God and himself and beginning to understand life as prayer in A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt. For Kramer, this came about through rejecting consumerism, creating...
Live, Laugh, and Be Blessed
Finding Humor and Holiness in Everyday Moments
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
By popular demand, the best-selling author of Tickle Your Soul serves up another generous helping of friendly, smart, upbeat counsel on the powerful benefits of a positive viewpoint. In Live, Laugh, and Be Blessed: Finding Humor and Holiness in Everyday Moments Anne Bryan Smollin says that finding...
Interior Castle
The Classic Text with a Spiritual Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle is one of the most celebrated books of Christian mysticism ever written. In this new edition, the classic translation by E. Allison Peers is united with fresh spiritual commentary by Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., making it the only edition of this work to provide spiritual...
The Best Is Yet to Come
Living Fully in Each Moment
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin (1943-2014) was a beloved storyteller with an unforgettable sense of humor. In her final book, The Best Is Yet to Come, Smollin--the author of five books, a gifted motivational speaker, and a trusted counselor--warmly encourages readers to live each moment fully, to discover the...
Tickle Your Soul
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Captured in a happy blend of psychological and spiritual principles, coupled with anecdotes and folk wisdom, Tickle Your Soul delivers joy, health, and wellness. Offering pathways to happier wholesome living, popular speaker and spirituality writer Anne Bryan Smollin enables readers to "wrinkle...