Spiritual Memoir

Fasting for Ramadan is structured as a chronicle of daily meditations during two cycles of the 30-day rite of daytime abstinence required by Ramadan for purgation and prayer. Estranged in certain ways from his family’s cultural traditions when he was younger, Ali has in recent years re-embraced the Ramadan ritual, and brings to this rediscovery an extraordinary delicacy of reflection, a powerfully inquiring mind, and the linguistic precision and ardor of a superb poet.

Amma—Mata Amritanandamayi—is a cosmic dynamo of spiritual light, love, and power. To say she is the greatest spiritual light the world has ever known is a bold but provable statement. Also known as the “Hugging Saint”, she travels the world having hugged more than 35 million people in the last 40 years. These are not ordinary hugs but transcendental hugs—hugs flowing with the nectar of incomprehensible love, compassion, and supreme power.

Healing, Wholeness, and Wellness are your birthrights. God did not design any of us to live a life full of Fear, Lack, and Unhappiness. However, many of us find ourselves living in this state on a daily basis so much so that it’s become the normal way of living.

In The Bible, God uses many ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Moses didn’t think he was a leader when God chose him; people laughed at Noah for building that ark for so many years; Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers only to rise to second-in-command of all of Egypt.

Ruth Graham - third child and youngest daughter of Billy and Ruth Bell Graham - offers a rare, inside look at the 20th century's most influential evangelist. In this substantive portrait, Ruth reflects on several different subjects, including her father's love for the world, his humility, grace, and loyalty. She concludes the book with a chapter on authenticity, written just after Dr. Graham's final crusade, which was held in New York in June 2005.

Most people equate success with having more, but Sanya's quest was always for less. She started running track as a little girl in Jamaica and began competing when she was only seven. At 31 she's had a career's worth of conditioning to run a 400-meter race in 50 seconds, hopefully 49, or, even better, 48.

Lance’s dream had finally come true. He was in a rock band that took music seriously. But he never expected that meeting a toe-sock-wearing Texan would change the course of his life for eternity. Go on an exciting, personal journey with Lance Mosher, where he questions everything he thought he knew about Christianity, faith, and salvation - the very essence of who he thought he was.

Discover spiritual truths from the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" that will transform your life. "Hamilton" - the hip-hop musical about a forgotten founding father - is the most compelling musical of our time. God and Hamilton impressively weaves together insights from the musical itself, the lives of Alexander and Eliza Hamilton, and the story of Scripture into a tapestry that challenges people of faith to reexamine their lives.

The author of Blessed by the Best: A Memoir by David Kearse, a former journalist (The Baltimore Sun), now writes screenplays, one of which has been optioned by a producer, and has sustained an acting career in Hollywood. Having studied with some of the greats in theater, opera, improvisation, and creativity, he brings what he has learned explicitly to his memoir.

This book, which is part diary entry, part gossip column, part written documentary, part wellness and spiritual guide (yes, all of that!), is truly one of its kind. In it, you will be taken on an adventure of adult work that has never been shared publicly before, one who financially dominates someone for various types of favors, aka the “cash master”. Get ready for a cultural reset and shift in how you perceive this underground yet very open community of power, kinks, and money. Oh my!

Rotten Minerva lays out a new framework for being “spiritual” while existing in this crazy material reality. In it, author Kelli Hastings sets forth her personal ideology of life with the help of movie quotes, scientific references, and citations to religious scriptures—all interspersed with hilarious stories of her own misadventures on the spiritual path.

There is more to the senator's faith than the crises arising from his former pastor, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. How could Obama attend for 20 years a church permeated by a defining spirit of anger toward white America? Stephen Mansfield explores Obama's religious faith without political or ideological bias. His basic premise is this: If a man's faith is sincere, then it is the most important thing about him.

Chronicle of a Spiritual Journey recounts personal stories that seem like random worldly occurrences. Yet, upon closer scrutiny, each story reveals a parallel spiritual relevance as well. The stories range from eating breakfast with Superman at an airport to loading iron pellets into the Edmund Fitzgerald. Entertaining and engaging, Chronicle of a Spiritual Journey tells the spiritual tales of one man’s life, but it’s more about the collective spiritual journey of us all.

I was a victim of demonic attacks often. I was physically beaten and haunted by evil spirits for many years. Then it all stopped. In this book, I will tell my True Story of demonic abuse, how I've been free from it for over a decade, and how you can be free as well. We will Uncover the Truths about Hell, the power of Death, Spiritual Warfare, the Biblical names of Satan, the Essence of Evil and much more...

This portrait of Paul Russell, a Tihanama spiritual practitioner also known as Chief Two White Feathers, is based on interviews by the author in Tennessee in 1996. It covers a wide range of topics, including seer tradition, herbal medicine and the ways of Tihanama spirituality. Some of the lessons imparted are the three mountains, honoring, how to approach a medicine person, Indian sign talk and color symbolism. It's a one-on-one session with a personable teacher whose simple words you will never forget.

I have decided to write this book in order to provide inspiration and information to others currently struggling with mental illness, and to their families and loved ones. It is my personal story. I pray any encouragement that I received and have shared in this book will be received by faith by everyone who listens to this book. My heart in writing this book was to encourage and offer hope to those who listen my story.

Ignazio di Loyola detta la sua autobiografia in terza persona, negli ultimi anni della sua vita, ripercorrendo le tappe del suo percorso spirituale dopo la sua conversione, perseguitato e mai stanco di esserlo, con l'obiettivo costante di aiutare le anime che lo portano ad allontanarsi dai luoghi in cui gli viene proibito. La prosa asciutta e aderente ai fatti concreti trasmette l'umiltà con cui il grande santo pensa ai fatti straordinari della sua vita spirituale.

A layout of feature length stories and shorter quotes and testimonials bring the listener a recapturing of the emotional and spiritual experience a person goes through in the powerful event that is a Billy Graham crusade. The power of the true stories, the authentic voices speaking to how their lives were changed, and the echoes of Billy Graham's words create a powerful and deeply spiritual experience.

In this meditative spiritual memoir, Judith Valente, celebrated PBS religion journalist and poet, invites readers along on her transformative pilgrimages to Mount St. Scholastica monastery in Atchison, Kansas. A beautiful and heartfelt work that crosses The Cloister Walk with Tuesdays with Morrie, Atchison Blue will resonate with readers of Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen, Mary Gordon, and Anne Lamott.

This is the story of a woman born with unique psychic abilities. She is raised in a household with parents who practice black magic! She sees things that others do not. She is misunderstood. She receives dreams of future events. She is “born different” and spiritually awakening.