Stressful thoughts and feelings can build up from demands at work, situations at home, and life in general. We all need moments of reflection and meditation to nurture The Quiet Life in ourselves.A thoughtful gift for a person who spends time at home; for someone who is overworked; or for yourself, for moments when you could meditate but would like something to help focus your thoughts.

The Quiet Life (Northstone Companion)

Religion & Spirituality

Ray Ashford

Christian Books & Bibles

Wood Lake Publishing Inc.

The complete set of the popular series from David Sparks. Based on the scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, these books offer church leaders three years' worth of responsive prayers for use in worship and other church group settings.

Prayers to Share - Set of 3 Volumes: Responsive Prayers for Each Sunday of the Church Year

David Sparks

In the biblical Flood narrative, the rainbow was the sign of God's covenant promise to never again to destroy the Earth with flood waters. The rainbow served to remind God of God's own bond with Earth. "My rainbow," says Habel, "represents my covenant promise to explore my bonds with Earth, my spiritual connections with creation." Each colour represents an often-overlooked aspect of creation and inspires the reader to consider our place in nature.

Rainbow of Mysteries

Norman Habel

What Jesse wants most is a guitar. But it seems beyond his reach. His mom can't afford to buy him one, but she gives him an ocarina instead. Jesse is grateful and disappointed at the same time, so he goes out for a walk. Along the way he meets others who need his help. He gives what he can and learns that we can't always predict the results of our actions.

Jesse's Surprise Gift

Children's Books

Laura Alary

Literature & Fiction

The original Jewish “Sabbath” referred to a 24-hour period every seven days which was set aside for worship, rest, and renewal. Sabbath Pause offers daily writings that encourage us to make time for small Sabbaths each day – a time to stop, breathe, reflect, and direct our focus with a particular intention, be it listening for God in the noise of life or dreaming the impossible dream. Each day for seven weeks, Chapman uses a combination of poetry and prose as well as quotations from scripture and literature to explore a theme. This exploration is followed by questions for reflection, a breath prayer, and an “intention” for the day. Using this daily spiritual practice, Chapman opens us to a new rhythm or way of living life with and in God – a way that can nourish our deepest needs.

Sabbath Pause

Terry Chapman

If you feel overburdened by the demands of this hectic season, stop vying for the best parking spot at the mall! Celebrate Christmas with your heart. Simplify and Celebrate is for all those people who know they want to simplify their Christmas celebration, but don't know where to begin. Simple ideas for creating meaningful family traditions with your kids, Advent rituals, prayers and reflections, and ideas for gift-giving that reflect your values and don't cost the earth. This year, plan and celebrate a Christmas that's full of the joy and peace of the season.

Simplify and Celebrate: Embracing the Soul of Christmas

Alternatives

Have you ever wondered how you can simplify your life, enjoy greater spiritual fulfillment, and still pay off the mortgage, put your kids through college, and save enough for retirement? You don't need to starve yourself to live a simpler life. There is such a thing as having enough, and Betty Jane Wylie addresses that very issue while examining options for living simply in her latest book, Enough.

Enough: Lifestyle and Financial Planning for Simpler Living

Business & Money

Betty Jane Wylie

Economics

Children develop in so many ways -- physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. Story is just one of the ways to foster and support a child's faith development. They can find role models in the positive characters in literature, and develop empathy for others when they see a different point of view presented. Children's Books that Nurture the Spirit is an introduction to quality children's literature for spiritual development. The most current and readily available children's literature is reviewed by the author. In addition, Granahan suggests ways for leaders to use and extend the literature.

Childrens Books that Nurture the Spirit: Choosing and Using the Best

Granahan, Louise Margaret

Here is a sweeping look at the deep connection between wine and spirituality from ancient times to today. With its abundance of apt quotations, spiritual wisdom, and lavish images, The Spirituality of Wine is a book to be treasured by wine lovers of every persuasion.

The Spirituality of Wine

Tom Harpur

If you were to look one place in the world to find a more embodied, playful, and grace-filled life, the InterPlay people would tell you to go straight to the source! Your own body! What the Body Wants introduces readers step by step into InterPlay, a practice for creative and spiritual development that reintegrates the body into all aspects of life. Interplay, which is practiced throughout the world, is a philosophy and technique developed by Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter to foster health and transformation through community and creativity. Read this book as inspiration or as a guide to the practice of InterPlay. Most exercises can be done alone or with a partner. However, InterPlay is at its best as a communal practice. Included with the book is the full-length InterPlay CD Like Breathing,* which will help re-awaken your body wisdom. *The eBook download includes mp3 files of the InterPlay CD, Like Breathing.

What the Body Wants: From the Creators of Interplay

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cynthia Winton-Henry

Exercise & Fitness

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