🙏 New Monasticism

Contemporary communities reimagining ancient monastic traditions, pursuing intentional Christian life rooted in shared prayer, simplicity, and radical hospitality in ordinary neighborhoods.

Strangers to the City

by Michael Casey • 2005

Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.

4.29

148

🏛️ Monastic Spirituality 🙏 Religious Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Strangers to the City 91%

Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.

by Michael Casey 2005

4.29

148 ratings

🏛️ Monastic Spirituality 🙏 Religious Life 🌱 Spiritual Formation

The Silent Life

by Thomas Merton • 1957

What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.

4.06

192

⛪ Catholic Monasticism 🙏 Contemplative Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude

The Silent Life 90%

What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.

by Thomas Merton 1957

4.06

192 ratings

⛪ Catholic Monasticism 🙏 Contemplative Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude

Called to Community

by Eberhard Arnold • 2016

Faith was never meant to be private. A vision for sharing money, meals, confession, and joy.

4.11

199

🏘️ Intentional Community ✝️ Anabaptist Tradition 🤝 Economic Sharing

Called to Community 90%

Faith was never meant to be private. A vision for sharing money, meals, confession, and joy.

by Eberhard Arnold 2016

4.11

199 ratings

🏘️ Intentional Community ✝️ Anabaptist Tradition 🤝 Economic Sharing

A Creative Minority

by Jon Tyson • 2016

Losing the culture war could save the church. Without power, love becomes the only influence left.

4.33

811

🎨 Cultural Engagement 🏛️ Post-Christendom 📖 Missional Theology

A Creative Minority 90%

Losing the culture war could save the church. Without power, love becomes the only influence left.

by Jon Tyson 2016

4.33

811 ratings

🎨 Cultural Engagement 🏛️ Post-Christendom 📖 Missional Theology

No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton • 1955

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

4.16

5k+

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

No Man Is an Island 90%

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

by Thomas Merton 1955

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 89%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith

Following Francis

by Susan Pitchford • 2006

The radical joy of Francis of Assisi, translated for anyone who wants God in ordinary life.

4.25

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Following Francis 89%

The radical joy of Francis of Assisi, translated for anyone who wants God in ordinary life.

by Susan Pitchford 2006

4.25

69 ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🙏 Contemplative Prayer

Three Simple Rules

by Rueben P. Job • 2007

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

4.19

631

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life

Three Simple Rules 89%

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

by Rueben P. Job 2007

4.19

631 ratings

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life

Freedom of Simplicity

by Richard J. Foster • 1981

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

4.21

3k+

🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment

Freedom of Simplicity 89%

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

by Richard J. Foster 1981

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse • 1869

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

4.69

150

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis Summary

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis 89%

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

by Theophan the Recluse 1869

4.69

150 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

Friendship at the Margins

by Christopher L. Heuertz • 2010

The most radical move in Christian mission: stop helping and start befriending.

4.18

372

🕊️ Missional Theology 🤝 Mutuality In Service ⚖️ Poverty And Justice

Friendship at the Margins 89%

The most radical move in Christian mission: stop helping and start befriending.

by Christopher L. Heuertz 2010

4.18

372 ratings

🕊️ Missional Theology 🤝 Mutuality In Service ⚖️ Poverty And Justice

Reaching Out

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1986

Three transformations that use your loneliness, defensiveness, and death-denial as doorways to God.

4.17

5k+

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🧘 Christian Contemplation 🌵 Loneliness And Solitude

Reaching Out 89%

Three transformations that use your loneliness, defensiveness, and death-denial as doorways to God.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1986

4.17

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Spirituality 🧘 Christian Contemplation 🌵 Loneliness And Solitude

The Divine Conspiracy

by Dallas Willard • 1998

The gospel became damage control. Jesus taught a kingdom life that begins now, not after death.

4.24

16k+

🧘 Spiritual Formation 👑 Kingdom Theology 🛤️ Christian Discipleship

The Divine Conspiracy 89%

The gospel became damage control. Jesus taught a kingdom life that begins now, not after death.

by Dallas Willard 1998

4.24

16k+ ratings

🧘 Spiritual Formation 👑 Kingdom Theology 🛤️ Christian Discipleship

Thoughts in Solitude

by Thomas Merton • 1956

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

4.02

3k+

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

Thoughts in Solitude 89%

Solitude is not geography. It is the interior awakening where silence replaces everything unreal.

by Thomas Merton 1956

4.02

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Contemplative Prayer ⛪ Monastic Spirituality 🔥 Christian Mysticism

Mere Discipleship

by Lee C. Camp • 2003

Discipleship was never meant to fit inside a nation. Recovering the faith that empire erased.

4.17

319

✝️ Radical Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Theology 🏛️ Critique Of Christendom

Mere Discipleship 89%

Discipleship was never meant to fit inside a nation. Recovering the faith that empire erased.

by Lee C. Camp 2003

4.17

319 ratings

✝️ Radical Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Theology 🏛️ Critique Of Christendom

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

6k+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Long Loneliness 89%

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

by Dorothy Day 1952

4.02

6k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Spirit of the Disciplines

by Dallas Willard • 1988

You can't think your way into Christlikeness. The body must be trained, and here is how.

4.15

11k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🙌 Embodied Spirituality

The Spirit of the Disciplines 89%

You can't think your way into Christlikeness. The body must be trained, and here is how.

by Dallas Willard 1988

4.15

11k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🙌 Embodied Spirituality

Life Together in Christ

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2010

Why your small group isn't changing you, and what the walk to Emmaus actually demands.

4.17

301

🌱 Spiritual Formation ⛪ Church Community 👥 Small Groups

Life Together in Christ 89%

Why your small group isn't changing you, and what the walk to Emmaus actually demands.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2010

4.17

301 ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation ⛪ Church Community 👥 Small Groups

The Lord and His Prayer

by N.T. Wright • 1996

The Lord's Prayer you know is tame: the original was a revolutionary manifesto against empire.

4.20

2k+

📜 New Testament Studies 🕰️ Historical Jesus 🔍 Biblical Exegesis

The Lord and His Prayer 89%

The Lord's Prayer you know is tame: the original was a revolutionary manifesto against empire.

by N.T. Wright 1996

4.20

2k+ ratings

📜 New Testament Studies 🕰️ Historical Jesus 🔍 Biblical Exegesis

Analog Church

by Jay Y. Kim • 2020

Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.

4.14

600

⛪ Church Practices 🙌 Embodied Worship 📱 Technology Critique

Analog Church 89%

Churches chased relevance on screens and got audiences who watch instead of communities who worship.

by Jay Y. Kim 2020

4.14

600 ratings

⛪ Church Practices 🙌 Embodied Worship 📱 Technology Critique

Aflame

by Pico Iyer • 2025

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

3.79

1k+

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

Aflame 89%

Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.

by Pico Iyer 2025

3.79

1k+ ratings

🏔️ Monastic Spirituality 🤫 Silence And Solitude 🔥 Impermanence

The Year of Living like Jesus

by Edward G. Dobson • 2009

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

3.47

549

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots

The Year of Living like Jesus 89%

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

by Edward G. Dobson 2009

3.47

549 ratings

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots

The Contemplative Pastor

by Eugene H. Peterson • 1987

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

4.38

2k+

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

The Contemplative Pastor 89%

Pastoral busyness is quiet betrayal. An unhurried, subversive reclaiming of spiritual direction.

by Eugene H. Peterson 1987

4.38

2k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry 🌱 Spiritual Formation ☁️ Contemplative Spirituality

Letters to the Church

by Francis Chan • 2018

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

4.28

16k+

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

Letters to the Church 89%

Modern churches traded God's design for comfort. The path back is smaller, harder, and ancient.

by Francis Chan 2018

4.28

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Ecclesiology 🔄 Church Reform 🏠 Simple Church

Catholics in Exile

by Scott Hahn • 2023

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

4.45

114

🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

Catholics in Exile 89%

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

by Scott Hahn 2023

4.45

114 ratings

🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

The Kingdom Unleashed

by Jerry Trousdale • 2018

What multiplying churches in the Global South know about disciple-making that the West forgot.

4.53

109

🌐 Missiology 📖 Discipleship Models 🌱 Church Multiplication

The Kingdom Unleashed 89%

What multiplying churches in the Global South know about disciple-making that the West forgot.

by Jerry Trousdale 2018

4.53

109 ratings

🌐 Missiology 📖 Discipleship Models 🌱 Church Multiplication

The Common Rule

by Justin Whitmel Earley • 2019

The habits you don't think about are forming your soul. A Christian framework for reclaiming them.

4.32

9k+

🙏 Spiritual Formation 📖 Liturgical Living 🕯️ Spiritual Disciplines

The Common Rule 89%

The habits you don't think about are forming your soul. A Christian framework for reclaiming them.

by Justin Whitmel Earley 2019

4.32

9k+ ratings

🙏 Spiritual Formation 📖 Liturgical Living 🕯️ Spiritual Disciplines

Eager to Love

by Richard Rohr • 2014

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

4.38

1k+

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking

Eager to Love 89%

A spiritual path that runs toward failure, poverty, and weakness. Francis of Assisi opened it.

by Richard Rohr 2014

4.38

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Franciscan Spirituality ⛪ Catholic Mysticism ☯️ Non-Dual Thinking

Happy are You Poor

by Thomas Dubay • 1981

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

4.39

727

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

Happy are You Poor 89%

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

by Thomas Dubay 1981

4.39

727 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

The Alphabet of Grace

by Frederick Buechner • 1969

No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.

4.08

958

🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir

The Alphabet of Grace 89%

No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.

by Frederick Buechner 1969

4.08

958 ratings

🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir

Sacred Rhythms

by Ruth Haley Barton • 2006

Move your spiritual life from duty to desire through the ancient rhythms of solitude and Sabbath.

4.28

5k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📜 Rule Of Life 🕯️ Sabbath Keeping

Sacred Rhythms 89%

Move your spiritual life from duty to desire through the ancient rhythms of solitude and Sabbath.

by Ruth Haley Barton 2006

4.28

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📜 Rule Of Life 🕯️ Sabbath Keeping

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

by Dionysios Farasiotis • 2002

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

4.49

1k+

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios Summary

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios 89%

Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.

by Dionysios Farasiotis 2002

4.49

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy ⚖️ Comparative Religion 📖 Spiritual Memoir

The Liturgy of Politics

by Kaitlyn Schiess • 2020

Your political identity is formed more by Sunday worship than by the policies you debate.

4.27

1k+

🗳️ Political Theology 🛐 Spiritual Formation 🍞 Liturgical Formation

The Liturgy of Politics 89%

Your political identity is formed more by Sunday worship than by the policies you debate.

by Kaitlyn Schiess 2020

4.27

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Theology 🛐 Spiritual Formation 🍞 Liturgical Formation

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it

by Theophan the Recluse • 1996

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

4.67

179

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it Summary

The Spiritual Life and How to be Attuned to it 89%

The soul has a structure, the passions have a cure: a recluse's letters on spiritual repair.

by Theophan the Recluse 1996

4.67

179 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🏔️ Ascetic Practice

Crafting a Rule of Life

by Stephen A. Macchia • 2012

Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.

3.85

378

📜 Rule Of Life 🛡️ Benedictine Spirituality ✝️ Spiritual Disciplines

Crafting a Rule of Life 89%

Build a personal framework that aligns your time, body, money, and relationships with your faith.

by Stephen A. Macchia 2012

3.85

378 ratings

📜 Rule Of Life 🛡️ Benedictine Spirituality ✝️ Spiritual Disciplines

The Book of Nature

by Barbara Mahany • 2023

Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.

4.26

100

🌿 Nature Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice

The Book of Nature 89%

Nature, God's first testament, written in birds and seasons. No translation needed, only attention.

by Barbara Mahany 2023

4.26

100 ratings

🌿 Nature Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace

by Kent Nerburn • 1999

The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.

4.44

252

🧎 Franciscan Spirituality 🕯️ Everyday Holiness 🕊️ Peacemaking

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Summary

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace 89%

The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.

by Kent Nerburn 1999

4.44

252 ratings

🧎 Franciscan Spirituality 🕯️ Everyday Holiness 🕊️ Peacemaking

The Way of the Heart

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1981

Three ancient desert practices that quiet the compulsive self, resurrecting a ministry that heals.

4.30

9k+

🏜️ Desert Spirituality ⛪ Contemplative Ministry 🎭 True And False Self

The Way of the Heart 88%

Three ancient desert practices that quiet the compulsive self, resurrecting a ministry that heals.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1981

4.30

9k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Spirituality ⛪ Contemplative Ministry 🎭 True And False Self

Thirty Steps to Heaven

by Vassilios Papavassiliou • 2013

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

4.64

301

🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

Thirty Steps to Heaven 88%

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

by Vassilios Papavassiliou 2013

4.64

301 ratings

🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

My Religion - What I Believe

by Leo Tolstoy • 1884

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

4.08

812

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

My Religion - What I Believe 88%

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

by Leo Tolstoy 1884

4.08

812 ratings

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

The Wisdom Way of Knowing

by Cynthia Bourgeault • 2003

Reclaim an ancient Christian path that integrates heart, body, and mind to awaken a deeper wisdom.

4.34

608

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🧬 Embodied Spirituality

The Wisdom Way of Knowing 88%

Reclaim an ancient Christian path that integrates heart, body, and mind to awaken a deeper wisdom.

by Cynthia Bourgeault 2003

4.34

608 ratings

🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🧘 Contemplative Christianity 🧬 Embodied Spirituality

Bridging the Great Divide

by Robert Barron • 2004

Left vs. right is a trap. Christianity's genius is holding both extremes at once, undiluted.

4.23

📿 Catholic Theology ⛪ Liturgical Theology 🙏 Embodied Faith

Bridging the Great Divide 88%

Left vs. right is a trap. Christianity's genius is holding both extremes at once, undiluted.

by Robert Barron 2004

4.23

26 ratings

📿 Catholic Theology ⛪ Liturgical Theology 🙏 Embodied Faith

Uncommon Ground

by Timothy J. Keller • 2020

Christians are exiles, not occupiers. The post-Christian world is soil, not a battlefield.

3.92

2k+

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🕊️ Religious Pluralism ☮️ Peacemaking

Uncommon Ground 88%

Christians are exiles, not occupiers. The post-Christian world is soil, not a battlefield.

by Timothy J. Keller 2020

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🕊️ Religious Pluralism ☮️ Peacemaking

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Holy Envy 88%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton • 1948

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

4.08

21k+

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion

The Seven Storey Mountain 88%

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

by Thomas Merton 1948

4.08

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook

by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun • 2005

A handbook of spiritual practices: stop striving, start opening, and let God do the transforming.

4.41

1k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook 88%

A handbook of spiritual practices: stop striving, start opening, and let God do the transforming.

by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun 2005

4.41

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🤫 Contemplative Prayer

The Cost of Discipleship

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • 1937

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

4.29

51k+

✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology

The Cost of Discipleship 88%

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1937

4.29

51k+ ratings

✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology

Simplicity

by Richard Rohr • 2004

The way of Christian leadership runs opposite to every instinct for status, applause, and control.

4.31

2k+

🐑 Christian Leadership 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ⛪ Pastoral Ministry

Simplicity 88%

The way of Christian leadership runs opposite to every instinct for status, applause, and control.

by Richard Rohr 2004

4.31

2k+ ratings

🐑 Christian Leadership 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality ⛪ Pastoral Ministry

New Seeds of Contemplation

by Thomas Merton • 1962

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

4.27

9k+

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

New Seeds of Contemplation 88%

Your ego is a fiction that flees reality. Your true identity waits in God, beyond thought.

by Thomas Merton 1962

4.27

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism 🙏 Contemplative Prayer 🏺 Self-Emptying

Loving the City

by Timothy J. Keller • 2016

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

4.28

242

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society

Loving the City 88%

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

by Timothy J. Keller 2016

4.28

242 ratings

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society

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