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May PRAYER
Book: Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
By: Christine Valters Paintner
June IMAGES OF GOD & FAITH TRADITIONS
Books: (Read both selections)
● The Human Condition
By:Thomas Keating
(and)
● Book: Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others (Read pages 1-154)
By: Barbara Brown Taylor
July PSYCHOLOGY AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
Book: Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change
By: Pema Chodron
August READING SACRED TEXTS
Books: (Choose One)
● Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally (Core team to assign chapters.)
By: Marcus Borg
(or)
● Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne (Core team to assign chapters.)
By: Gafney C. Wilda
September MYSTERY OF CHRIST
Book: The Universal Christ (Core team to assign chapters.)
By: Richard Rohr
October SPECIAL TOPICS
Books: (Choose one of the books below or discuss an alternate text with your Sacred Circle Facilitator based on your topic of interest.)
● Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
● Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
By: Sherri Mitchell and Larry Dossey MD
● Essential Writings of Howard Thurman
By: Howard Thurman
● On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
By: Parker Palmer
● Crossing to Avalon: A Woman’s Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine
By:Jean Shinoda Bolen M.D.
● A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
November DISCERNMENT
Book: Hearing with the Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God’s Will for Your Life
By: Debra K Farrington
December LOVING SERVICE, CONTEMPLATIVE LIVING – MERCY SPIRITUALITY
Books: (Choose One)
● Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction
Edited by: Ineda Pearl Adesanya (Core team to assign chapters.)
● Candlelight : Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction
By: Susan Phillips
● The Practice of Spiritual Direction (Core team to assign chapters.)
By: William A. Barry and William J. Connolly
● Radical Optimism: Practicing Spirituality in and Uncertain World
By: Beatrice Bruteau