
Sacred Journey
By Mercy Center Burlingame

Sacred Journey is a foundational course in contemplative spirituality. Join us as we explore contemplative listening, prayer, vocation, discernment of call,social inclusion, and personal maturity. For more information please visit our website at https://mercy-center.org/programs/formation-programs/
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred by Christine Valters Paintner
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation by Thomas Keating
Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chödrön
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr
Hearing with the Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God's Will for Your Life by Debra K. Farrington
Choose one:
Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally by Marcus J. Borg
Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction To The Women Of The Torah And The Throne by Gafney C. Wilda
Choose one of the books below or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study:
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell
Howard Thurman: Essential Writings by Howard Thurman
On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker J. Palmer
Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine by Jean Shinoda Bolen
A Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Choose one:
Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction Edited by Ineda Pearl Adesanya
Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction by Susan S. Phillips
Radical Optimism: Practical Spirituality in an Uncertain World by Beatrice Bruteau
The Practice of Spiritual Direction by William A. Barry and William J. Connolly

Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
Barbara Brown Taylor
$16.99 $15.80Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
Thomas Keating
$8.95 $8.32Session 4: Images of God

Living Beautifully: With Uncertainty and Change
Pema Chödrön
$16.95 $15.76Session 5: Psychology and spiritual direction

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
Richard Rohr
$18.00 $16.74Session 6: Mystery of Christ

Hearing with the Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God's Will for Your Life
Debra K Farrington
$17.99Session 8: Discernment

Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally (Revised)
Marcus J. Borg
$16.99 $15.80Session 3: Scripture

Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
$20.00 $18.60Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
Sherri Mitchell
$17.95 $16.69Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

Howard Thurman: Essential Writings
Howard Thurman
$19.00 $17.67Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Parker J. Palmer
$19.95 $18.55Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine (Revised)
Jean Shinoda Bolen
$16.99Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard
$16.99 $15.80Session 7: Special Topics in Spirituality - Choose one of these books or discuss an alternate text with your Mentor based on your topic for independent study.

Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction
Ineda Pearl Adesanya
$28.95 $26.92

Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction
Susan S Phillips
$28.95 $26.92Session 9: Loving Service - Choose one of these two books.

The Practice of Spiritual Direction (Revised)
William J Connolly and William a Barry
$16.99 $15.80Session 9: Loving Service - Choose one of these two books.
Sacred Journey is a foundational course in contemplative spirituality. Join us as we explore contemplative listening, prayer, vocation, discernment of call,social inclusion, and personal maturity. For more information please visit our website at https://mercy-center.org/programs/formation-programs/