book review Archives | Healthy Spirituality https://healthyspirituality.org/category/book-review/ Nurturing a vibrant healthy spirituality Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:20:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Divine Flow https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/ https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8922 What comes to your mind when you read the phrase “Divine Flow”? To me, flow implies a continuous, open movement, back and forth between two entities. If you are “in the zone” you are immersed and experience energy and delight. Things that flow merged and become one. Divine of course means of God or with […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/divine-flow/feed/ 0 Project Hail Mary https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/ https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:10:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8904 My new favorite book/movie: Project Hail Mary. I am obsessed with this charming and inspiring story right now. I have read the book twice. Watched the movie only once so far but have been binging on movie clips of various scenes on YouTube. I am not much of a movie theater attender or a fiction […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/project-hail-mary/feed/ 0 World Book Day https://healthyspirituality.org/world-book-day/ https://healthyspirituality.org/world-book-day/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8855 Did you know April 23 is World Book Day? The national celebration of reading and of books is run by The Reading Agency, a national charity that inspires people to become confident and enthusiastic readers. April 23, 1564, is the day English poet, playwright William Shakespeare was born. Fifty-three short years later, also on April […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/world-book-day/feed/ 2 Walking Year Long with a LampLighter https://healthyspirituality.org/walking-year-long-with-a-lamplighter/ https://healthyspirituality.org/walking-year-long-with-a-lamplighter/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:51:39 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8736 I like the term Lamplighter. I learned this word from wisdom teacher mystic Cynthia Bourgeault who described the spiritual teachers in her life – both ancient and contemporary – as lamplighters, those lighting the way for her path. Isn’t that a cool way of describing people of faith? I love this word and have learned like electric wires […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/walking-year-long-with-a-lamplighter/feed/ 4 Secrets of Adulthood – Gretchen’s and Mine https://healthyspirituality.org/secrets-of-adulthood-gretchens-and-mine/ https://healthyspirituality.org/secrets-of-adulthood-gretchens-and-mine/#comments Tue, 06 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8595 Gretchen Rubin just published a wonderful new book titled “Secrets of Adulthood – Simple Truths for our Complex Lives.” This is a collection of inspirational quotes that will delight your soul, make you think, and offer you wisdom and insight.  A book to consider as a gift for Mother’s Day, graduation or birthday. Here are […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/secrets-of-adulthood-gretchens-and-mine/feed/ 6 Communicator’s Companion Birthday https://healthyspirituality.org/communicators-companion-birthday/ https://healthyspirituality.org/communicators-companion-birthday/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8420 Today I am celebrating the birthday of one of the books I wrote and published in 2017, The Communicator’s Companion: Devotions for Speakers and Writers. Usually, I shy away from promoting my own books but today I thought I would share this book just in case you might know someone who is a speaker or […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/communicators-companion-birthday/feed/ 6 Creating A Rule of Life – A New Book is Born https://healthyspirituality.org/creating-a-rule-of-life-a-new-book-is-born/ https://healthyspirituality.org/creating-a-rule-of-life-a-new-book-is-born/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8388 Creating a Rule of Life is one of the most popular downloads and posts on this blog.  I can see when people download a pdf of a resource from one of the past pages on a post on a topic and journaling and rule of life continue to be two main interests of people seeking […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/creating-a-rule-of-life-a-new-book-is-born/feed/ 12 Book Birthday – Spiritual Retreats: A Guide to Slowing Down to be with God https://healthyspirituality.org/book-birthday-spiritual-retreats-a-guide-to-slowing-down-to-be-with-god/ https://healthyspirituality.org/book-birthday-spiritual-retreats-a-guide-to-slowing-down-to-be-with-god/#comments Tue, 28 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8345 Spiritual Retreats: A Guide to Slowing Down to be with God by yours truly was first published in May 2016.  I have never celebrated a book birthday before and thought it would be fun to revisit this book, its message and its birth.  Happy Birthday, Spiritual Retreat little book! Spiritual Retreats: A Guide to Slowing […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/book-birthday-spiritual-retreats-a-guide-to-slowing-down-to-be-with-god/feed/ 8 Ruthless Trust https://healthyspirituality.org/ruthless-trust/ https://healthyspirituality.org/ruthless-trust/#comments Tue, 21 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8339 The book, Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning, begins with this story and quote from his spiritual director: “Brennan, you don’t need any more insight into the faith, you’ve got enough insights to last you three hundred years. The most urgent need in your life is to trust what you have received.” Recently I revisited my […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/ruthless-trust/feed/ 14 Practical Discernment Tools from a New Book by Emily P Freeman https://healthyspirituality.org/practical-discernment-tools-from-a-new-book-by-emily-p-freeman/ https://healthyspirituality.org/practical-discernment-tools-from-a-new-book-by-emily-p-freeman/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:58:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8290 One of my favorite authors, Emily P Freeman, just released a new book, How to Walk into a Room. The host of a wonderful weekly podcast too, Emily accompanies us as we discern the decisions we face in life. As a spiritual director, discernment is often the doorway that directees seek an appointment with me […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/practical-discernment-tools-from-a-new-book-by-emily-p-freeman/feed/ 10 Sacred Surroundings, Finding Grace in Every Place – The Birth of a New Book https://healthyspirituality.org/sacred-surroundings-finding-grace-in-every-place-the-birth-of-a-new-book/ https://healthyspirituality.org/sacred-surroundings-finding-grace-in-every-place-the-birth-of-a-new-book/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8175 Sacred Surroundings, Finding Grace in Every Place is born! Sacred Surroundings is my latest book and man oh man, has this work been through ups and downs, and twists and turns but wouldn’t let go and die. Sometimes as a writer a book takes on its own life – demanding to be released at its […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/sacred-surroundings-finding-grace-in-every-place-the-birth-of-a-new-book/feed/ 6 Revisiting my Bookshelf – My Final Reread Surprised Me! https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-my-final-reread-surprised-me/ https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-my-final-reread-surprised-me/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8117 This month I have been revisiting my bookshelf, spending time with “old friends” and seeping in their wisdom.  On the August 8 blog post, I shared this wonderful quote about the value of this practice: “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-my-final-reread-surprised-me/feed/ 8 Meeting God in Scripture – Revisiting My Bookshelf – Part Four https://healthyspirituality.org/meeting-god-in-scripture-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-four/ https://healthyspirituality.org/meeting-god-in-scripture-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-four/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8112 “Meeting God in Scripture” by Jan Johnson is the next book to reread, to immerse myself into its wise words over this summer. What fun I have had perusing my shelves, listening to their invitations.  To be honest, sometimes many of the books shout, “Pick me!” so I pause and listen quietly to which voice […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/meeting-god-in-scripture-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-four/feed/ 7 The Cup of Life – Revisiting My Bookshelf, Part Three https://healthyspirituality.org/the-cup-of-life-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-three/ https://healthyspirituality.org/the-cup-of-life-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-three/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8108 The Cup of Our Life is a wonderful image to hold, ponder and be a conduit to lessons from God. I hunted for this book by Joyce Rupp the other day, wanting to drink again from its wisdom.  I smiled at all the sticky notes, underlining and tattered edges of this loved book. Words once […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/the-cup-of-life-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-three/feed/ 8 Discernment – Revisiting My Bookshelf – Part Two https://healthyspirituality.org/discernment-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-two/ https://healthyspirituality.org/discernment-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-two/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8104 I have been revisiting my bookshelf this summer and decided to make this a series in the month of August. Each week I will rediscover an old friend, reread its wisdom and share a title, its theme, a few quotes, and a small reflection/application. When I slowly took the books from the shelf it felt […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/discernment-revisiting-my-bookshelf-part-two/feed/ 9 Revisiting My Bookshelf – Rediscovering Old Friends https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-rediscovering-old-friends/ https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-rediscovering-old-friends/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8087 I do love books. My hubby says I have too many – I say let’s just get a new bookshelf. I was looking for a specific book a few weeks ago and came across a book I started but never finished. It called to me. Then another one. Then another. I made myself stop at […]

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]]> https://healthyspirituality.org/revisiting-my-bookshelf-rediscovering-old-friends/feed/ 8 Practice of the Presence – Book Review https://healthyspirituality.org/practice-of-the-presence-book-review/ https://healthyspirituality.org/practice-of-the-presence-book-review/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:05:13 +0000 https://healthyspirituality.org/?p=8093 Practice of the Presence is a new translation of the writings by and about Brother Lawrence. Carmen Acevedo Butcher is the author and I love the way she works with his words and brings them alive in our century.  She includes her notes, so the reader also has a deeper understanding of her reasons for […]

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