Further meditations on the life and parables of Jesus.
MEDITATIONS ON THE PARABLES OF JESUS
“. . . a useful book to aid our own reading of biblical texts in a contemplative style that constantly opens us up to new levels of meaning.”
—Monos
THE HEART OF THE WORLD
An Introduction to Contemplative Christianity
“The reader’s introduction to contemplative Christianity will result in his or her eternal friendship with it.”
—The Liguorian
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THE LIFE OF CHRIST
Michael Kennedy
THE JESUS MEDITATIONS
A Guide for Contemplation
with accompanying CD read by Martin Sheen
Have you ever longed to walk beside Jesus on the dusty roads of Palestine? Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be in the crowd when Jesus was healing and preaching? These powerful meditations will help you imagine being right there with Jesus.
Kenneth S. Leong
THE ZEN TEACHINGS OF JESUS
“I left Jesus to search for the Tao when I was sixteen,” writes Kenneth Leong. “Now I am forty and realize that I could have found the Tao in Jesus.” It is the spiritual side of Zen, the art to trust and accept life that coincides with the core of the Gospel message.
Jean Vanier
JESUS, THE GIFT OF LOVE
A moving retelling of the life of Jesus by a well-known spiritual writer and leader of the international family of communities known as L’Arche.
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LIVING THE GOSPEL
José Ignacio and María López Vigil
JUST JESUS
The People Starving for Love
(The Scandalous Gospel of John, Volume I)
Just Jesus is an earth-shattering retelling of the Gospels. Writing in dialog form, the authors have attempted to capture Jesus as he walked, taught, healed, lived, and died. An excellent companion for private meditation that can also be used with small groups.
JUST JESUS
The Message of a Better World
(The Scandalous Gospel of John, Volume II)
This second volume in the three-volume series presents the earth-shattering, personally and politically challenging message of Jesus in all its raw power.
JUST JESUS
The Passion Book
(The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth, Volume III)
This final volume recalls the final days of Jesus as he journeyed for the last time with his disciples toward Jerusalem.
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PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION
William H. Shannon
SILENCE ON FIRE
The Prayer of Awareness
Shannon takes readers on a guided journey through a kind of prayer that is built on faith and leads to a unique but accessible way of coming to know God. This book incorporates spiritual insights from the East as well as the West.
Robert Barron
AND NOW I SEE
A Theology of Transformation
“Barron . . . elucidates the meaning of salvation for Christians by examining the change of heart and consciousness that comes with metanoia, the Greek term whose full impact is lost in translation as ‘repentance.’”
—Library Journal
Barbara Fiand
PRAYER AND THE QUEST FOR HEALING
Our Personal Transformation and Cosmic Responsibility
The author of Embraced by Compassion brings us a fresh look at prayer that probes the unity of humankind in its brokenness with the entire cosmos as it groans for redemption.
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SCRIPTURE AND SPIRITUALITY
Robert Kirschner
DIVINE THINGS
Seeking the Sacred in a Secular Age
“Kirschner’s lively, up-to-date, and wonderfully rich presentation of the ancient wisdom of the Hebrew Scriptures will enliven and enlighten the lives of all readers.”
—M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O.
Richard Rohr
THE GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO LUKE
Spiritual Reflections
“Rohr not only offers a wealth of insight on Luke, but also proclaims a clarion call for us to follow Jesus today.”
—Spiritual Book News
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About the Author
The internationally renowned and beloved pastor Henri Nouwen wrote over 40 books on the spiritual life. He corresponded regularly in English, Dutch, German, French, and Spanish with hundreds of friends and reached out to thousands through his Eucharistic celebrations, lectures, and retreats. Since his death in 1996, ever-increasing numbers of readers, writers, teachers, and seekers have been guided by his literary legacy. Nouwen’s books have sold over 2 million copies and been published in over 22 languages.
Born in Nijkerk, Holland, on January 24, 1932, Nouwen felt called to the priesthood at a very young age. He was ordained in 1957 as a diocesan priest and studied psychology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. In 1964 he moved to the United States to study at the Menninger Clinic. He went on to teach at the University of Notre Dame, and the Divinity Schools of Yale and Harvard. For several months during the 1970s, Nouwen lived and worked with the Trappist monks in the Abbey of the Genesee, and in the early 1980s he lived with the poor in Peru. In 1985 he was called to join L’Arche in Trosly, France, the first of over 100 communities founded by Jean Vanier where people with developmental disabilities live with those who care for them. A year later Nouwen came to make his home at L’Arche Daybreak near Toronto, Canada. He died suddenly on September 21st, 1996, in Holland and is buried in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Nouwen believed that what is most personal is most universal. He wrote, “By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.” His spirit lives on in the work of the Henri Nouwen Society, Henri Nouwen Stichting, the Henri Nouwen Trust, the Henri J. M. Nouwen Archives and Research Collection, and in all who live the spiritual values of communion, community, and ministry, to which he dedicated his life.
About the Publisher
The Crossroad Publishing Company publishes CROSSROAD and HERDER & HERDER books. We offer a 200-year global family tradition of books on spiritual living and religious thought. We promote reading as a time-tested discipline for focus and understanding. We help authors shape, clarify, write, and effectively promote their ideas. We select, edit, and distribute books. Our expertise and passion is to provide wholesome spiritual nourishment for heart, mind, and soul through the written word.
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