false 117715 0 0 1155464 1893361926 9781893361928 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181453738m/1155464.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181453738s/1155464.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1155464.Winter_A_Spiritual_Biography_of_the_Season 3.78 9 For many, winter is a time of postponed activity--and of shoveling snow, navigating ice, and trying to keep warm. What can easily be forgotten in winter's cold and occasional dreariness is that it can also be a time of shoring up, of purity, praise, delight, and play.
In thirty stirring pieces--from translated Sanskrit and Hebrew poems to Henry David Thoreau and Bashô, Jane Kenyon, John Updike, Kathleen Norris, and Annie Dillard--we share in the recognition of winter's hardships and celebrate the glory of winter as a spiritual gift--a quiet time in the rhythm of life, a time of thoughtfulness, of looking forward, and of unexpected hope.]]> 96375 4.12 3976 1396 117715 3.88 26 8 2002 1155463 1594730059 9781594730054 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181453730m/1155463.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181453730s/1155463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1155463.Autumn_A_Spiritual_Biography_of_the_Season 3.80 5 Autumn, with all its traditional images of colorful trees, frost-covered pumpkins, and piles of wood stored up against winter's cold, can be a season filled with anticipation. The harvest, the imminent onset of cold and snow, the resumption of old routines, and the beginning of the school year all require preparation and planning. If summer has been something of a pause, autumn helps us to see the passage of time more clearly.
Autumn is a season of fruition and reaping, of thanksgiving and celebration of abundance and goodness of the earth. But it is also a season that starkly and realistically encourages us to see our own limitations. Warm and stirring pieces by E. B. White, Anne Lamott, P. D. James, Julian of Norwich, May Sarton, Kimiko Hahn, and many others in this beautiful book rejoice in autumn as a time of preparation and reflection, when the results of hard labor are ripe for harvest.]]> 96375 4.12 3976 1396 117715 3.88 26 8 2004 874446 1594730830 9781594730832 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179098871m/874446.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179098871s/874446.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/874446.Summer_A_Spiritual_Biography_Of_The_Season 4.25 4 This collection of powerful, stirring pieces from a wealth of sources--ranging from poems composed in eighth-century China to letters from a pioneer woman in the American West, from the Declaration of Independence to Ray Bradbury's musings on childhood summers--invites us all to fully experience the rich and bountiful spirituality of summer.]]> 96375 4.12 3976 1396 117715 3.88 26 8 2005 501966 1594731144 9781594731143 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175289552m/501966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175289552s/501966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/501966.Spring_A_Spiritual_Biography_of_the_Season 4.50 2 These first sure signs of spring bolster our spirits and remind us of the eternal cycle of death and rebirth, and also--more poignantly--of the steady march of time and our own advancing years. With each successive spring, it seems, we cherish the promise of renewed life more and more.
These thoughtfully chosen writings, poems and meditations--from Robert Frost, Lisa Couturier, William Blake and Lady Sarashina to the eighth-century Chinese poet Tu Fu and many others--both celebrate spring's re-emergence of life and evoke the season's delicate balance of growth and decay, youth and maturity, innocence and experience.]]> 96375 4.12 3976 1396 117715 3.88 26 8 2006 1634691 1932236864 9781932236866 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186153156m/1634691.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186153156s/1634691.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1634691.The_Self_Beyond_the_Postmodern_Crisis 4.00 2 The Self: Beyond the Postmodern Crisis, Paul C. Vitz and Susan M. Felch bring together scholars from the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, theology, literature, biology, and physics to address the inadequacies of modern and postmodern selves and, ultimately, to suggest what an alternative, “transmodern” account of the self might look like. The transmodern self, the editors argue, acknowledges meaning and purpose transcending the individual. In other words, it reflects an understanding of the human person that is not only intimately connected with the Judeo-Christian tradition but also rejects the twin delusions of absolute autonomy and cosmic meaninglessness that mark the present age.</div>]]> 117715 3.88 26 8 2006 3006589 1557255431 9781557255433 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3006589.The_Emmaus_Readers_Listening_for_God_in_Contemporary_Fiction 4.00 2 Each novel is given a thorough synopsis, biographical information about the author, a substantive overview of the issues to be discussed and discovered, detailed discussion questions, and recommendations of other great novels of similar importance. Designed for reading groups, book clubs, librarians, and any individual reader who simply loves novels that explore spiritual issues relevant to daily life, The Emmaus Readers offers to help you listen for God in contemporary fiction.
The Emmaus Readers includes experts from the English, Spanish, French, Sociology and Library Science departments at Calvin College. Editors Susan M. Felch and Gary D. Schmidt and are both professors of English.]]> 96375 4.12 3976 1396 117715 3.88 26 8 2008 3132428 0393928225 9780393928228 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3132428.Elizabeth_I_and_Her_Age 4.00 1 About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.]]> 117715 3.88 26 8 2007 201854 0810118254 9780810118256 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639208m/201854.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172639208s/201854.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201854.Bakhtin_and_Religion_A_Feeling_for_Faith 0.0 0 117715 3.88 26 8 2001 2266760 0754606619 9780754606611 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2266760.Elizabeth_Tyrwhit_s_Morning_and_Evening_Prayers 0.0 0 117715 3.88 26 8 2007 3484936 0866982272 9780866982276 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3484936.The_Collected_Works_of_Anne_Vaughan_Lock 0.0 0 1469427 0.0 0 0 117715 3.88 26 8 1999