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Book Reviews

Braiding Sweetgrass: a book review

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https://www.amazon.com/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/1571313567 A woman from one of my facebook groups posted that she read a little of this book each morning to center herself. I immediately downloaded it from the library and began to read it over the summer. I loved how I would read about wild strawberries, just as I was finding them in my… Continue reading Braiding Sweetgrass: a book review

Book Reviews, Spiritual Direction, Ways to Pray Series

Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

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https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Belongs-Gift-Contemplative-Prayer/dp/0824519957 This book is not how to practice contemplative prayer but more about the learnings that have come out of this unique way of listening to the divine. I have listened to the audio recording of this book a little bit at a time while walking my dog, and then again poured over it in… Continue reading Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

Book Reviews, Spiritual Direction

Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

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https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373 The 50-year-old art teacher and I sat in her incensed meditation room and sorted through her books. We came across this book, and knowing that I was Catholic, she suggested that we read it together. (It is written by a Jesuit priest after all.) I was in my 20's and did not fully grasp… Continue reading Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality