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These are some of the titles we have available in our store. To order these or other titles, please contact us at gtreusch@saintmarks.org or (206) 323-1040.
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40 Day Journey Series
The 40-Day Journey series invites readers to take a personal spiritual journey with a Christian leader from the past or present. Each book begins with a short introduction to the life of the leader and then offers forty chapters, each of which includes a reading from the subject's writings, scripture selections from the Bible, a journal-writing exercise, and a prayer. Each book is a rich resource for personal meditation or small group discussion anytime, but is especially valuable during Advent or Lent. |
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40 Day Journey with Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, having authored twelve best-selling books, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this slim volume the legendary wisdom of this American poet, educator, historian, actress, director, and civil-rights activist is clearly evident in her own words. Editor Henry French selects forty inspiring passages for readers to ponder while taking a spiritual journey with Maya Angelou. |
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40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The 40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer introduces Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a well-known and courageous German theologian and Lutheran pastor, who during the Nazi period was imprisoned and killed and whose writings have inspired and influenced Christians around the world. |
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40 Day Journey with Joan Chittister
The 40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister introduces Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun who lives in Erie, Pennsylvania and is best known for her spiritual writing and her powerful actions for peace and justice. |
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40 Day Journey with Julian of Norwich
In this volume, readers will be inspired by Julian, a celebrated English mystic from the fourteenth century and a recluse at St. Julian's Church in Norwich, whose writings were the first works in English known to be written by a woman. Drawing from her published writings, editor Lisa Dahill here selects forty inspiring passages from Julian's work that help illustrate God's love and compassion for all. A medieval Catholic, Julian was seen as a precursor to Martin Luther and other Reformation writers. Much of what she wrote speaks of the most profound mysteries of the Christian faith, and her Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love (circa 1393) is considered to be one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious experience. In it she speaks of the great love of God for God's people and how sin stands in the way. It is Jesus, however, who assures her, "that all would be well, and all manner of things would be well." |
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40 Day Journey with Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris is the bestselling author of Dakota, The Cloister Walk, and Amazing Grace. A woman with profound insights, Norris wisely grounds individual faith, spirituality, and experience in the many communities within which we live. Much of her writing has been influenced by her experiences as an oblate in the Benedictine community. Each of the forty chapters in 40 Day Journey with Kathleen Norris includes a selected writing from her work along with one or more scripture selections from the Bible. |
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40 Day Journey with Madeleine L'Engle
For Madeleine L' Engle, the world is full of beauty, mystery, grace — intimations of the divine. Editor Isabel Anders draws from the best of L' Engle's fiction, non-fiction and poetry to invite the reader on a 40-day journey of incredible richness. 40 Day Journey with Madeleine L'Engle includes a short introduction to L' Engle's life and work, questions to draw the reader into her spiritual world, journaling suggestions and daily prayers. |
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40 Day Journey with Parker Palmer
Few Protestant writers today can match the influence of Parker Palmer on American spirituality, contemplative practice, and Quaker values. Palmer, who is founder and senior partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, a non-profit organization that provides support for people in the service professions, has published dozens of poems, essays, and seven books, including the bestselling A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey toward an Undivided Life. 40-Day Journey with Parker J. Palmer opens with a short introduction to the life of Parker Palmer and then offers forty chapters, each of which includes a reading from his writings, related Scripture passages, questions to ponder, journal-reflection exercises, and a prayer. |
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Alleluia is the Song of the Desert: An Exercise for Lent and Other Sacred Times
For thousands of years, deserts have been geographical centers of spiritual formation and direct encounter with God. In Christian spirituality, men and women seeking the kind of purification that leads to wisdom of the heart have sought out the desert places. But the desert is also a state of mind or consciousness, a spiritual practice, an inner place where we come to have a first-hand experience of God. The Lenten meditations in this book lead us to the silence of a vast and empty desert that opens us to experience the Easter "alleluia." |
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Blessed Is She: Living Lent with Mary
Everyone is happy to see Mary in the creche at Christmastime, but by the time the Magi head back East after the Feast of the Epiphany, Christians of many traditions are often ready to place Mary to the side too. But Timothy Perry presents a Mary who belongs in Lent as much as in Advent, showing what it means to die and live with the crucified and risen Jesus. Drawing primarily from the Gospel of Luke, this lovely book of spiritual reflections reveals a Lenten Mary who teaches us about being disciples. The result is a complex, inviting, strong character - a disciple to be emulated by all Christians, especially during this holy season. With a study for each week of Lent, along with questions to ponder, this is a thought-provoking volume for private use or parish study. |
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Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter
This hard-hitting, beautifully written, theologically inclusive anthology of writings for Lent and Easter — a sequel to the highly successful Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas — is the one book you'll return to year after year. Contributors include C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Philip Yancey, Frederick Buechner, Madeleine L'Engle, Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, and many others. |
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The Challenge of Easter
Why do we celebrate Easter? Lost among the colored eggs and chocolate candies is Easter's bold, almost unbelievable claim: Jesus has risen from the dead, and now everything is different. Historian, biblical scholar and bestselling author N. T. Wright, in this excerpt from The Challenge of Jesus, takes a step back from the hoopla surrounding Easter to look at it in its earliest context, where we see a band of followers discovering the fulfillment of all the promises God had made to their people over the centuries, and pronouncing a new era that unsettled their friends and scandalized their oppressors. That era extends to our day, where to celebrate Easter is to receive an invitation to live as though God is among us, making everything new. |
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Christians at the Cross: Finding Hope in the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus
Anglican bishop N. T. wright is a respected ecumenical voice among Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians. When he reflected on Christ’s death and resurrection with the members of a mining community in northern England who had suffered grievous losses, he encouraged them to find signs of hope as they brought their pain into the presence of God through the journey of Jesus to the cross. The wisdom of his biblical reflections – gathered in this book – apply to anyone who endures suffering, offering a passage to hope through Christ's marvelous victory over death. "I am convinced that when we bring our griefs and sorrows within the story of God's own grief and sorrow, and allow them to be held there, God is able to bring healing to us and new possibilities to our lives." -- N.T. Wright, from the Introduction. |
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A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent
Giving up something up or stressing out to live a more perfect life during the six grueling weeks of Lent? This volume shows that Lent can be a time to identify obstacles between oneself and God, and to clear those obstacles away through activities and reflection. A Clearing Season will move you week by week from "wilderness to holy ground," including exercises for small groups, as well as questions at the end of each chapter for individual meditation. |
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Desert: An Anthology for Lent
The desert, with its great emptiness and silence, has long been a symbol of solitude. In facing the silence and the vast expanses of loneliness, we test our courage, deepen our faith, and hear the voice of God anew. This book offers a collection of pertinent writings by many ancient and contemporary authors including: Thomas a Kempis, Mother Mark Clare, Henri Nouwen, Rene Voillaume, Charles de Foucauld, Thomas Merton, R. S. Thomas. Ideal for Lenten devotionals (but wonderful any other time of year as well). |
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Good Lord, Deliver Us: A Lenten Journey
These meditations for the 2011 journey through Lent are based on the petitions of the Great Litany, a classic staple of the Book of Common Prayer and the first liturgical text published in English. Despite differences in time and place, the Litany’s deep sense of human frailty and holy grace speak to the underlying cares, concerns, and aspirations of human hearts, and to the sources of wisdom, guidance and strength for our steps along this pilgrim path. A Lenten Journey concludes with reflections on the Bible readings appointed for the days of Holy Week, culminating with God’s saving deeds in history celebrated in the Great Vigil of Easter. |
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The Last Week: A Day by Day Account of Jesus' Final Week in Jerusalem
Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to present a day-by-day account of Jesus' final week of life, using the Gospel of Mark as their guide. The Last Week depicts Jesus giving up his life to protest power without justice and to condemn the rich who lack concern for the poor, offering himself as a model for others to do the same when they are confronted by similar issues. |
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Lent and Easter Wisdom from Henri J. M. Nouwen: Daily Scripture and Prayers Together with Nouwen's Own Words
During Lent and Easter week, periods of penance and celebration, lavish with rituals, help us become more sensitive to our own weaknesses and Christ's victory over sin. Henri J. M. Nouwen's daily reflections, from Ash Wednesday through the Second Sunday of Easter, provide comfort and reassurance that God loves and accepts us even in our human state. |
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Lent and Easter Wisdom from Thomas Merton: Daily Scripture and Prayers Together With Thomas Merton's Own Words
Based on the journalistic writings of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, along with appropriate Scripture passages and a daily topic to encourage personal journaling, Lent and Easter Wisdom From Thomas Merton is for anyone interested in developing a deeper understanding of these holy seasons of the church year. |
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Lent with Evelyn Underhill (Second Edition)
Half a century has passed since Evelyn Underhill's death, yet her devotional writings have endured as a beacon to those who seek a deeper understanding of the "interior life" in the mystical Christian tradition. From the "spiritual stocktaking" theme for Ash Wednesday to Easter Saturday's joyous anticipation of God's ultimate Gift, these readings are appropriate for every day of Lent. |
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Not by Bread Alone: Daily Reflections for Lent 2011
Not by Bread Alone offers a short collection of insightful meditations that focus on Lenten themes of repentance and redemption, sacrifice and salvation as well as the Easter promise of resurrection and new life. With Scripture as the foundation for each day's brief entry, readers will find the guidance they need to become closer to God’s word during this holy time of year. The short yet significant reflections in this pocket-sized book make it simple for even the busiest person to make prayer a priority throughout the Lenten journey. |
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Pilgrim Road: A Benedictine Journey through Lent
In the view of St. Benedict of Nursia, the Lenten journey is an inner pilgrimage with Christ into the deepest parts of ourselves, to be marked not so much by external observances such as fasting and self-denial as by a deepening of our relationship with God. Benedictine monk Albert Holtz develops that journey theme through meditations written during a fifteen-country pilgrimage during a sabbatical year. At the heart of each reflection is the lesson it teaches about our inner spiritual journey. By applying Benedict's monastic wisdom to the everyday concerns and aspirations of modern Christians, Pilgrim Road helps contemporary spiritual seekers keep Lent as a positive, meaningful, and fruitful experience. |
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A Time to Turn: Anglican Readings for Lent and Easter Week
For centuries Lent has been a time when Christians take stock of their lives, focusing on their sinfulness and the need to repent, as well as a season in which they focus on putting aside luxuries and making sure that others have what they need. These themes, and more, are explored in this collection of Anglican readings that draw on the best sermons, books, poems, and hymns by Anglican writers such as Christina Rossetti, John Donne, Philips Brooks, John Keble, Thomas Traherne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. Sunday readings focus on God's love, Mondays on the need for discipline, Tuesdays on fasting, Wednesdays on prayer, Thursdays on sin, Fridays on the cross, and Saturdays on baptism. |
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What We Do in Lent: A Child's Activity Book
Filled with interactive puzzles, color-by-number pages, word finds, mazes, and more, this fun-filled activity book can help children ages 4 to 7 grow to a deeper understanding of the true meaning of the holy season of Lent. Draw the loaves and fishes Jesus used to feed the multitude, help Jesus find his way through the desert, and follow Jesus on the way of the cross -- this book is a treasure trove for children and their families. With more than forty activities, a glossary, and a guide filled with tips and suggestions, What We Do in Lent is a great resource for parenting in the pews. Other titles in this format: What We Do in Advent and What We Do in Church. |