Paraclete Press: 276 books
Soul Unfinished
Finding Happiness, Taking Risks, and Trusting God as We Grow Older
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
How do we live to our fullest potential in the last quarter of life? With careers winding down, and children having long ago left home, we are faced sometimes for the first time in our ever-productive lives with the most basic questions. What is most important? What is the essence of my life? Soul...
God's Echo
Reading the Bible with Question Marks
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
The Rabbis of old believed that the Torah was divinely revealed and therefore contained eternal, perfect truths and hidden meaning that required elucidation. The meaning of a text was more complicated than simply reading it. And meaning changed over time. This understanding of how the Bible mystically...
Strangers to the City: Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict
Reflections on the Beliefs and Values of the Rule of St. Benedict
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Michael Casey, a monk and scholar who has been publishing his wise teachings on the Rule of St. Benedict for decades, turns to the particular Benedictine values that he considers most urgent for Christians to incorporate into their lives today. Eloquent and incisive, Casey invites readers to accept...
The Intentional Christian Community Handbook: For Idealists, Hypocrites, and Wannabe Disciples of Jesus
For Idealists, Hypocrites, and Wannabe Disciples of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Forward by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove In the 21st century, Spirit-energized people of all ages are searching for a new (yet ancient) way of life together. A new generation of intentional communities is emerging with inspiring stories to tell of discoveries and struggles as they...
Short Trip to the Edge
A Pilgrimage to Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Poet and literature professor Scott Cairns ran headlong into his midlife crisis — a fairly common experience among men nearing the age of fifty—while walking on the beach with his Labrador. His was not a desperate attempt to recapture youth, filled with sports cars and younger women. Instead,...
He Ascended into Heaven
Learn to Live an Ascension-Shaped Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Why do you stand looking up toward heaven? That's what the angels said to the baffled disciples who had just experienced the Ascension of Jesus Christ. Peter, James, John, and the others stood there, squinty into the sky, trying to make sense of it all. Tim and Aaron Perry confess to being baffled,...
by Peter Celano
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Rediscover the Psalms in the good company of popes past and present. There’s no part of the Bible that speaks to the human heart more deeply than the Psalms. These reflections will inspire you to praise God with your whole heart. Praise for Other Books in This Series. ”This is a marvelous book...
by St. Benedict of Nursia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
“This advice is from a spiritual father who loves you and gives you the sort of counsel that will shape your whole life.” “Listen, my child. I want you to put the ear of your heart to the solid ground of the master’s wisdom (what I received, I’m passing on to you). It’s advice from a spiritual...
Fidelity of Betrayal: Toward a Church Beyond Belief
Toward a Church Beyond Belief
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
"About 30 years ago, I came across the evocative phrase 'religionless Christianity' in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's later writings, and it has stayed with me ever since. In his new book The Fidelity of Betrayal, Peter Rollins has teased out - as Bonhoeffer never had the chance to do - profound possibilities...
Naming the Child
Hope Filled Reflections on Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Hope and healing for those who suddenly find themselves in the most terrible sort of grief For those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or the loss of a baby within the first year, this gentle resource offers: stories of hope and wisdom; practical advice and guidance, based on the experience...
by St. Francis de Sales, Michael Moran
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Heavenly Love comes as a wound that is a gift of God. Francis de Sales’s spiritual masterpiece, Treatise on the Love of God, was originally published in 1616 while he was Bishop of Geneva. This contemporary English edition preserves St. Francis’s gentle prose, his enthusiasm for God, compassion,...
Following Christ
A Lenten Reader to Stretch Your Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Take this season to listen and look for Christ's presence in your life. Lent is a time of new life and fresh beginnings. In this unique daily email subscription for the season of Lent, short readings from extraordinary Christians will open windows on your spiritual life, allowing fresh air to burst in....
Giver of Life
The Holy Spirit in Orthodox Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive. Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition and theology, The Giver of Life articulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in...
by Henry Van Dyke
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
For over one hundred years, the writings of Henry Van Dyke have been lovingly passed down from generation to generation. His Christmas stories, especially, are as resonant today as when the Presbyterian minister first read them to his New York City congregation in the late 1890s. In this volume of...