Macrina’s
Pick – This Year’s Favorites: -
For as long as I can remember, books have been a haven and refuge for me. Reading a book is like walking into a new and sometimes magical land where I feel safe enough to get lost. I meet wonderful people who are trying to make sense out of some of the same things I struggle with. As I visit new places I am introduced to other cultures and religions. …When I am reading a book I enjoy, I can enter into it so fully that I live with the characters (and ideas) throughout the reading. I meet them at the breakfast table, in the supermarket, and on the street. They get under my skin and into my heart.
—Macrina Wiederkehr
Gold In Your Memories
Here
you will find a listing of some of the authors who keep
tapping me on the shoulder.
What
I’m Reading (and praying) Now:
Silence, Solitude, Simplicity by Sr. Jeremy Hall (for prayer)
The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (for study)
Finding Water by Julie Camaron (to stir up my creativity)
Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore (a novel)
Dancing With Joy edited by Roger Housden (poetry)
SO MANY BOOKS — SO LITTLE TIME
A few comments about my reading habits:
Recently I have tried to limit myself to five books. One of these books is for the purpose of deepening my prayer life. One is a book for study, expanding my consciousness about various matters. One is to nurture my creativity. One is a novel and, of course, a book of poetry.
Actually all of these books serve to deepen my spirituality. They are nurturing guides on my daily pilgrimage through the hours.
Favorite Books:
A Story Like the Wind and its sequel
A Far Off Place by Laurens van der Post
The Cup of My Life by Joyce Rupp
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
The Heart of the Hunter and its sequel
The Lost World of the Kalahari by Laurens van der Post
The Heaven Tree Triology by Edith Pargeter
Christian Meditation by Ernest Larkin
Christian Meditation by James Finley
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth
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