Want To Do Some Listening Through Lent? — Check out some of these books.

For many of us Lent is a season for listening — to God, to each other and to the world around us.

Here are some suggestions – from many different perspectives and understandings. Some are classics like Foster, Keating and Merton

Enjoy and make sure you listen well!

Anderson, Keith: A Spirituality of Listening: Living What We Hear,

Baab, Lynne: The Power of Listening: Building Skills for Mission and Ministry,

Bill, J. Brent: Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality,

Brenner, Juliet: Contemplative Vision: A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer,

Buechner , Frederick:  Listening to Your Life,

Cyzewski, Ed: Flee, Be Silent, Pray,

de Caussade, Jean-Pierre:  The Sacrament of the Present Moment,

Deere, Jack: Surprised by the Voice of God,

Goll, James W.: The Lost Art of Practicing His Presence,

Guenther, Margaret: Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction,

Fr. Gabriel: Divine Intimacy

Foster: Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home,

_____________ Sanctuary of the Soul: Journey into Meditative Prayer

Hart, Thomas: The Art of Christian Listening,

Hipps, Shane: Flickering Pixels,

Huggett, Joyce:  The Joy of Listening to God,

Iyer, Pico: Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going NoWhere,

Keating, Thomas: Invitation to Love

Kelly, Thomas, A Testament of Devotion

Kidd, Sue Monk: When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions,

Long, Anne: Listening

Loring, Patricia: Listening Spirituality

Merton: Thoughts in Solitude,

_____________ Contemplative Prayer,

_____________ Dialogues with Silence.

Nepo, Mark: Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred

Newell, J. Phillip:  Listening for the Heartbeat of God,

Nouwen, Henri: The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Wisdom, Prayer and Silence,

Palmer, Parker: Let Your Life Speak,

_______________ A Hidden Wholeness,

Phillips, Susan: Candlelight: Illuminating The Art of Spiritual Direction,

Rohr, Richard: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer,

Valters Paintner, Christine: Lectio Divina: the Sacred Art.

_____________ The Soul’s Slow Ripening.

Virkler, Mark: How to Hear God’s Voice,

Wilson, Rod: How Do I Help a Hurting Friend.

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