Morning Glory Babies

Tolbert McCarroll

Religion & Spirituality

SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)

Few storytellers can capture the sense of the divine as Brother Toby can. In this beautifully decorated and illustrated hardcover gift book, the reader is invited to stroll along with this outstanding monk through the wintry season of darkness, candlelight and the rich symbols and celebrations of all faiths. Each reflection enhances the appreciation of its topic including the Advent Wreath, Bodhi Day, Chanukah, Ramadan, Santa Lucia and Epiphany.

A Winter Walk

Christian Books & Bibles

Crossroad

A collection of thirty inner dialogues, one for each day of the month, NOTES FROM THE SONG OF LIFE will serve as a focus for your own contemplations and as a framework for your everyday activity. Soon to be republished.

Notes from the Song of Life: A Spiritual Companion

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Celestial Arts

"After 80 years, I am at last aware that my faith is deeply roots in nature." With these words prize-winning author Tolbert McCarroll begins his new book. Brother Toby, as he is better known, is a unique monk, spiritual writer and storyteller. Hans Kung has described him as a person of courage and creativity leading "to new forms of spiritual life and social involvement." In Seasons Brother Toby uses the experience of Starcross, his small and inclusive monastic community in Northern California, as a background for a month-by-month contemplative journey through the year. For a broader perspective, he adds excerpts from the 1874 Shaker Journal of Elder Otis Sawyer of Sabbathday Lake, Maine. Brother Toby speaks to the inner monk of people leading everyday lives. He treats some festivals as "rest stops" in the annual journey through the seasons and suggests authentic and nourishing ways to celebrate them. In the manner of his popular A Winter Walk, Brother Toby once again captures the sense of the sacred in daily life.

Seasons

Starcross Books

San Francisco, 1976. The question in the air was, "What does it mean to be human in this age?" A diverse group gathered weekly in the attic of an old Victorian house to explore this question deeply and to apply facets to their personal lives. What was unique about this venture was constructing bridges; between the contemplative traditions of East and West, between psychology and spirituality, between inspiration and daily life. Facilitating this circle was 45-year-old Tolbert McCarroll, who came to be more commonly known as "Brother Toby" of the Starcross Community. Urged to record some of what he, and they, "heard" from the ancient and contemporary voices they studied and their experiences with the inner world, the outer world, and with each other, he began writing reflections the morning after each meeting. From this grew NOTES FROM THE SONG OF LIFE: A SPIRITUAL COMPANION. This book did indeed become a spiritual companion for many readers. Some used sections as a daily reflection. It was passed down to the next generation in some families. Obtaining copies became difficult. Requests for reprinting increased. Now the 80-year-old author, with minor editing and a new introduction, brings out the Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition of what was, and is, for many a milestone on their path of spiritual growth.

Notes from the Song of Life: A Spiritual Companion, Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition

"There are many translations of this book; all are different and all are the same. None are accurate and none are false. Ancient Chinese writing was not limited by the desire for preciseness. It more resembled a series of pictures. The people who would learn the message must swim in the characters and in the spaces around them. What is not written is equal in importance to what is written. Nothing can be seen by examining a page of the book unless at the same moment you examine your own heart." The Tao is universal. Its words "are to hung like bells in our hearts and rung by the motions we make as we move through our daily lives." Here Tolbert McCarroll presents it in a unique version. For the contemporary audience, he offers concepts that make a bridge from the Tao to the Western mystics, and his language includes both male and female experience.

The Tao: The Sacred Way

Three Gifts for Spiritual Wayfarers: Courage, Faith, Doubt

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