"Now more than ever, we need a teacher and a book such as this."--Anne Lamott, from the forewordStories tether us to what matters most: our families, our friends, our hearts, our planet, the wondrous mystery of life itself. Yet the stories we've been telling ourselves as a civilization are killing us: Fear is wisdom. Vanity is virtuous. Violence is peace. In the pages of Between the Listening and the Telling, storyteller, author, and activist Mark Yaconell...

Dreamcare: A Theology of Youth, Spirit, and Vocation helps parents, youth workers, and congregations cultivate purpose and vocation in youth and young adults. Recent findings disclose a pervasive sense of purposelessness that threatens young adults' health and well-being, and also the common good. The good news is that research shows all young people also have an often hidden sense of purpose that can be noticed, named, and nurtured by parents and communities. This volume supplements resea...

A honest, heartfelt and ultimately deeply hopeful collection of stories and reflections on the author's own woeful inability to be the perfect Christian. Acclaimed Christian writer and speaker Mark Yaconelli talks of his own failures and disappointments in Christian life and ministry, in order to offer others hope for the future. From the preface: 'We fall in holes. Plans fall apart. Dreams die. Faith disappers. Suffering is real. We need help to recalibrate our lives back to our compassio...

In our hectic lives, it's easy to forget that prayer is more about a conversation and experience with God than it is a request line. This book is an invitation to meaningful prayer. It invites us -- through stories, images, contemplative exercises, poetry and meditation -- to explore the human experiences where prayer originates. Every heart feels wonder. Every heart knows fear. Every heart aches with longing. Every heart needs prayer.

Stories tether us to what matters most: our families, our friends, our hearts, our planet, the wondrous mystery of life itself. Yet the stories we've been telling ourselves as a civilization are killing us: Fear is wisdom. Vanity is virtuous. Violence is peace. In Between the Listening and the Telling, author and activist Mark Yaconelli leads listeners into an enchanting meditation on the power of storytelling in our individual and collective lives. We tell stories to remember who...

In many ways society teaches us to try to have everything under our control. If we are honest, we tend to think that this can be true even of our spiritual lives. But Mark Yaconelli eloquently expresses the reality of our situation: "We are small, sensitive creatures with short lifespans, in a world that is often chaotic, capricious, mysterious, terrible and wonderful all at the same time. Failure, disappointment, loss and other difficult experiences call us to accept our humanity, feel gr...

Our happiness in Christ is not assured because we're right or powerful or feared. Jesus said we inherit the kingdom when we face insult, persecution, and lies with gladness, charity, and mercy.

2017 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, Honorable Mention: Prayer, Books About PrayerWhat might happen if you gave just ONE PERCENT of your day to God?I don’t have time to pray. I don’t know how to pray. I don’t know what to pray for. Perhaps you identify with one or all of these statements; most people do. But with Gary Jansen’s The 15-Minute Prayer Solution, anyone can learn to turn those “I don’t” statements into “I do” declarations— and be...

An empowering message about the true meaning of prosperity—to help anyone achieve a life of spiritual and material abundance.Imagine if you could achieve a life of true prosperity, enjoying:- A vitally alive, healthy body through which you experience relationships that are always satisfying and intimate, honest, and nurturing- Work you love so much that it's not work, it's play- All the money you can spendLiving at this exceptional leve...

Father Thomas Keating is the founder of the Centering Prayer movement, based on the retreat into the inner room mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 6:6, where the individual is able to meet God. From the book Manifesting God, Father Keating explains the principles of contemplative prayerprayer as relationship, prayer in secret, and the rewards of prayer in secret.

"Rich, brilliant . . . wonderfully readable and personal, filled with insight and wisdom, it invites us into practices that can transform our lives." —Marcus J. Borg, author of Speaking ChristianIn the same way he revitalized our faith in A New Kind of Christianity, church leader Brian McLaren reinvigorates our approach to spiritual fulfillment in Naked Spirituality—by tearing down the old dogmatic practices that hamper our spiritual growt...

Though small in size, this primer on prayer is big on information and inspiration. Aimed at those who struggle to spend time in prayer or have questions about its relevance to their lives, 25 Keys to Life-Changing Prayer covers the essentials:What is prayer?Why is it so hard to pray?Why doesn’t God answer?What does it mean to “pray without ceasing”?How do I know I’m praying in God’s will?Readers will encounter no...