Books

Come and See

Text: Joy Cowley Photos: Terry Coles

Joy Cowley is a well-known New Zealand author who has been writing for adults and children for nearly forty years. Come and See is the fourth book Joy and Terry have co-authored, and is seen as a gift to us from someone who has spent much time contemplating the face of Christ as his disciple. It leads us to Jesus. His light and peace are present in these pages.

Care of Mind Care of Spirit

A Psychiatrist Explores Spiritual Direction.

Author: Gerald G.May, MD.

“Although secular psychology addresses a great deal about how we come to be the way we are and how we might live more efficiently, it can offer nothing in terms of why we exist or how we should use our lives.” writes Gerald May in this classic discussion of the nature of contemporary spiritual guidance and its relationship to counselling and psychiatry. For millions who turn to spirituality for answers, May shows how psychiatry and spiritual direction are similar, how they complement each other, and how they ultimately diverge.

Growing Older & Wiser

LifeGuide Bible Studies

Authors: Dale and Sandy Larsen

Whether we consider ourselves “young” or “middle-aged” or “senior citizens” or prefer no age label at all, we will grow wiser as we consider and apply the timeless truths of Scripture. No matter how many years we accumulate on this earth, we are offered God’s gift of eternal life in Christ. May we spend our years here, whether few or many, growing wiser and becoming more like him. This book contains 9 studies for individuals or groups.

Cherish the Earth

Reflections on a Living Planet

Author: Mary Low

We need to start rethinking our beliefs as if the rest of nature mattered, linking liberation theology with environmental issues, for as the world becomes more uninhabitable, it is the poorest who suffer first and longest. But our relationship with non-human nature is more than just material and economic. We need to start loving nature for its own sake, not just for what we can get out of it, physically, emotionally or spiritually.

The Universal Christ

Author: Richard Rohr

We may feel we know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Drawing on Scripture, history and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world.

The Wisdom Pattern

Order / Disorder / Reorder

Author: Richard Rohr

A universal pattern can be found in all societies – in fact, in all of creation. We see it in the seasons of the year; the stories of Scripture; the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus; the rise and fall of civilizations; and even in our own lives. In this new version of one of his earlier books, Fr Richard Rohr illuminates the way understanding and embracing this pattern can give us hope in difficult times and the courage to push through messiness and even great chaos to find a new way of being in the world.