For those who feel overwhelmed and sense that their lives are too complex and the demands on them too great, this book provides a daily moment of grace and escape. For those who have made their lives superficially simple but still lack the anticipated spiritual dimension, this book offers hope. Promoting no complex instructions on how to accomplish the simple life, but offering only insights into how to receive its gifts, the Martys combine photographs that capture the essence of the Shakers, an American religious community founded on simplicity, with thoughtful meditations that reflect on great prayers of the ages. Together they demonstrate that "when true simplicity is gained," the busy and otherwise distracted person will be gifted with new measures of clarity of purpose, directness of vision, serenity of soul, order in agenda - and an experience of God.

When True Simplicity Is Gained: Finding Spiritual Clarity in a Complex World

Religion & Spirituality

Marty, Martin E.

Marty, Micah

Worship & Devotion

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

Rather than looking ahead to spring, The Promise of Winter explores the signs of promise and presence found in the winter of the soul. For all who experience the disappointments, frustrations, doubts, and despair that are a part of daily life, this beautiful volume holds up the presence and promise of God. It is this presence and promise that provide spiritual strength to help people live during ordinary days and fallow seasons. Through its striking photographs of winter and reflective meditations on psalms, this volume leads readers on a journey through the heart's winter to the discovery of the God of all seasons.

The Promise of Winter: Quickening the Spirit on Ordinary Days and in Fallow Seasons

Marty, Martin

Christian Books & Bibles

Embarks with the reader on a pilgrimage of the heart. The evocative photographs of the land we call holy are an anchor for meditation, a visual resting place along the journey. Each of the 47 meditations can be used as part of a Lenten pilgrimage or as a guide for prayer and reflection throughout the year.

Places Along the Way: Meditations on the Journey of Faith

Fortress Press

Christian historian Martin Marty and photographer Micah Marty combine their gifts in this blend of 47 hymns, meditations, prayers, and photographs. The devotional messages focus on hymns that impart hope grounded in biblical promise. The photographs feature the simple white wooden Gothic churches that the faithful have made with their own hands in town and country America, mingled with spectacular glimpses of grand American Gothic cathedrals. These 47 medications can be used as a guide for prayer and reflection throughout the year.

Our Hope for Years to Come: The Search for Spiritual Sanctuary

Augsburg Fortress Pub

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When True Simplicity Is Gained: Finding Spiritual Clarity in a Complex World

The Promise of Winter: Quickening the Spirit on Ordinary Days and in Fallow Seasons

Places Along the Way: Meditations on the Journey of Faith

Our Hope for Years to Come: The Search for Spiritual Sanctuary