Resources

Books that we have researched, read and suggest to you for further reading and enjoyment. You may purchase these books online using the link to Amazon.com at the bottom of the page.

The Essential Rumi
The poetry of Rumi is rich  with metaphor,  imagery and DELIGHT!
Coleman Barks with John Moyne, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53 rd Street, New York, NY  10022, 1996.

Morning Sun on a White Piano
This book is a great book for your bedside as an invitation to see the sacramental aspects in the everyday events of life.
Dr. Robin R. Meyers, Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, 1998.

Meditations with Meister Eckhart
Matthew Fox takes selected phrases from Meister Eckhart and uses them as “seeds” for meditations. Another great book for your bedside. Matthew Fox, Bear & Company, Inc., 6 Vista Grande Court, Santa Fe, New Mexico  87501, 1982.

Passion for Creation (formerly Breakthrough)
This book contains 29 sermons given by Meister Eckhart as well as commentary by Matthew Fox on each one.  A scholarly work on the theological underpinnings of creation spirituality.  Matthew Fox, Inner Traditions,  Publishing Rochester, Vt., 1980, 2000.

Christian Life Patterns
Another scholarly book on the different phases of adult religious and spiritual growth and development.  An excellent chapter entitled, “Adult Crisis: Psychological Structure and Religious Meaning” illustrates the rigors of releasing oneself from the confines of behaviors that no longer serve us… to the freedom possible when spiritual meaning and marturity can be interwoven in the events of our lives. Evelyn Eaton Whitehead and James D. Whitehead, The Crossroad Publishing Company, 370 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10017, 1999.

Four Spiritualities
A book encompassing many faith perspectives, for those familiar with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality preferences.  This book can assist one in understanding the spiritual options and different ways we perceive and respond to the world around us. Peter Tufts Richardson, Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto, California, 1996.

Meditations with Meister Eckhart
Matthew Fox takes selected phrases from Meister Eckhart and uses them as “seeds” for meditations. A great book for your bedside. Fox, Matthew, Bear & Company, Inc., 6 Vista Grande Court, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, 1982.

Soul Sisters : Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today
Powerful poem prayers that take a new look at women in scripture.  Gateley, Edwina, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 2002.

Women Who Run With The Wolves
Chapter 6, Finding One’s Pack: Belonging as Blessing, story and legend to illustrate the different forms that mothering can (and sadly, often does not) take and ways to nourish our “internal mother.” Estes, Clarissa Pinkola, Ballantine Books, Division of Random House Inc., New York, 1993.