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  • Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11

    Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11

    In this powerful book, Dr. Maha Hilal tells the story of two decades of the War on Terror, through both an overview of the policies created under its umbrella and the lived realities of Muslim Americans who have experienced hate and discrimination as a result.

    9781506470467

    $29.99

  • Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth

    Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth

    Randy Woodley, an activist, scholar, and Cherokee descendant, guides us on a one-hundred-day journey to reconnect with the land around us, with the people native to that land, and with ourselves. Meditations, epigraphs, and ideas for reflection and action help us become rooted in our relationship with creation and Creator.

    9781506471174

    $21.99

  • Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons

    Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons

    The Rev. Ann Kansfield left Wall Street and found her calling as the first female and openly gay chaplain at the New York Fire Department. Guiding her life are the values that anchor her. Weaving real-life stories with wit and practical faith, Kansfield challenges readers to discover and live out their own spiritual values.

    9781506463735

    $24.99

  • The Sacred Pulse: Holy Rhythms for Overwhelmed Souls

    The Sacred Pulse: Holy Rhythms for Overwhelmed Souls

    Life is leaving us overwhelmed and out of sorts. The Sacred Pulse invites us to examine the frantic patterns of perfection and production and reclaim deeper, sacred pulses. Through stories, scripture, and practical guidance, Fiet lays out twelve practices that are both sustainable and sustaining so we can tap into the joyful, holy rhythms of life.

    9781506469089

    $17.99

  • Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

    Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

    How do we align our end-of-life choices with our values? In a world experiencing a climate crisis and a culture that avoids discussions about death and dying, environmentalist and educator Mallory McDuff takes readers on a journey to discover new, sustainable practices around death and dying.

    9781506464466

    $18.99

  • Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us

    Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us

    Drowning in clutter and a crazy schedule, Rachelle Crawford assumed you had to be naturally organized to be tidy. Then she found messy minimalism, which is less about perfection and more about purpose. With empathy and humor, Crawford lays out strategies for curbing consumption, decluttering, and finding lots more joy.

    9781506466866

    $24.99

  • The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World

    The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World

    Women who don't fit in amid cultural expectations, because of life transitions or changes in their body, mind, or gender identity, are carving out new ways of being in and remaking the world. Drawing on the wisdom of women mystics, this book explores how transitional eras can be both spiritually challenging and excitingly freeing.

    9781506467689

    $26.99

  • Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear

    Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear

    The height of the AIDS crisis left many profound untold. Hidden Mercy uncovers the stories of Catholics who at great personal cost chose compassion. A compelling picture of those who responded to human suffering with mercy, offering insights for LGBTQ and other people of faith struggling to find a home in religious communities today.

    9781506467702

    $28.99

  • Seeing Jesus: Visionary Encounters from the First Century to the Present

    Seeing Jesus: Visionary Encounters from the First Century to the Present

    Jesus ascended to heaven. End of story. But then how do we explain the Christians, in nearly every century since, who claimed to have seen, heard, met, and touched Jesus in the flesh? In Seeing Jesus, Robert Hudson ponders characters throughout Christian history who have encountered the actual face of the resurrected Christ.

    9781506465753

    $24.99

  • Brave: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption

    Brave: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption

    Following the success of Fierce, Alice Connor returns to introduce a new group of women from the Bible, some whose names we know, others who go unnamed. These women's stories are challenging and beautiful. When we read their stories, we see not only their particular, formidable lives but also our own.

    9781506463964

    $18.99

  • All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness

    All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness

    We live in an age uniquely attentive to the problem of mental illness. More than half of us will be diagnosed with a mental illness. All Who Are Weary is not a map to a cure. Rather, Emmy Kegler joins the reader on the long walk of reflection, understanding, and compassion, trusting in the promise of a lighter load for us all.

    9781506467801

    $18.99

  • The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy

    The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change without Losing Your Joy

    Many of us want to advocate for causes we care about--but which ones? We want to work for change--but will the emotional toll lead to burn out? Karen Walrond shares strategies to help you define the actions that bring you joy, identify the values and causes about which you are passionate, and put them together to create change.

    9781506469942

    $26.99

  • Inkwell: Simple Writing Practices to Restore Your Soul

    Inkwell: Simple Writing Practices to Restore Your Soul

    Tired. Uninspired. Emotionally exhausted. Overwhelmed. When the pace seems to get faster and the problems intractable, more and more people feel they can't go on as they have been. The truth is, we're better at caring for our bodies than our spirits. In Inkwell, Anne Whitney shows how writing can be a powerful tool for your spiritual self-care.

    9781506464794

    $16.99

  • Dimming the Day: Evening Meditations for Quiet Wonder

    Dimming the Day: Evening Meditations for Quiet Wonder

    The moon is out, the air has cooled, you are ready for bed. Power down your phone, take a breath, and begin to dim the day. Jennifer Grant offers gentle meditations that help you direct your gaze away from screens and toward the natural world. Replace anxiety with awe, distraction with focus, and worry with true rest

    9781506471198

    $19.99

  • Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred

    Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred

    Christine Valters Paintner, abbess of Abbey of the Arts, introduces us to the spiritual practice of breath prayer and offers beautiful poem-prayers for walking, working, dressing, cleaning, sitting in silence, doing the dishes, living in community--breathing the divine into our daily lives.

    9781506470672

    $19.99

  • We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign

    We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign

    Uncover what the Bible really says about justice and poverty. Liz Theoharis is joined by pastors, organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, and people in poverty in interpreting sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, justice, and freedom. Find in the pages of Scripture God's persistent call to fight poverty, not the poor.

    9781506473642

    $19.99

  • Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred

    Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred

    Like many unfulfilled by traditional faith expressions, Victoria Loorz went in search of a spirituality strong enough to reckon with the unraveling of her vocation, identity, and planet, and found herself in the wilderness. Loorz invites us to reimagine our relationship with and commitment to a suffering planet by loving it--and calling it church.

    9781506469645

    $18.99

  • Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy

    Our Fair Share: How One Small Change Can Create a More Equitable American Economy

    Over the past fifty years, the richest Americans have been able to hoard wealth like almost never before. Our Fair Share combines accessible scholarship on wealth and income inequity with stories of real people struggling to survive and thrive in America today. Ultimately, Johnson lays the groundwork for a reasonable and actionable solution.

    9781506470757

    $28.99

  • Portraits of Peace: Searching for Hope in a Divided America

    Portraits of Peace: Searching for Hope in a Divided America

    Frustrated with an increasingly polarized society, award-winning photographer John Noltner set out on a road trip across the US to rediscover the common humanity that connects us by asking people the simple question "What does peace mean to you?"

    9781506471211

    $27.99

  • A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community 

    A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community 

    America is at a spiritual and political crossroads. A new narrative is needed to counter the discord in her politics and culture, a new way forward rooted in Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of community. A More Perfect Union calls for a shared vision that transcends partisanship to live out America's best ideals and realize a more perfect union.

    9781506464534

    $26.99

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