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St. Andrew's is a TX Impact congregational member.
Open Minds Bookstore
St. Andrew’s Open Minds Bookstore is open the 1st and 3rdSunday of each month following the worship service.
OPEN MINDS BOOKSTORE - 1st and 3rd Sundays. Visit our new location in the former pre-school office, just off the foyer.
This month's new features::
How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives by Wayne Muller ($14) We all long to experience a sense of inner wholeness and guidance, but today's notions of healing and recovery too often keep us focused on our brokenness, on our deficiencies rather than our strengths. Wayne Muller's luminous new book gently guides us to the place where we are already perfect, already blessed with the wisdom we need to live a life of meaning, purpose and grace.
A Wind Swept Over the Waters by John Nichols ($13) As our lives change, even the most familiar words of the Bible can strike us in new and unexpected ways. Many of us were brought up to believe that a scriptural passage can have only one meaning. This idea limits our appreciation. Reading the Bible is like looking into a spiritual mirror. When we really absorb its language and images and give ourselves time to let them work their way into our souls, the ancient words can touch our live experience in unexpected ways.
Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings, ed. by Marcus Borg. ($12.50) This remarkable collection of parallel sayings reveals how Jesus and Buddha were guiding us along the same path, highlighting a remarkable synchronicity in early teachings from East and West. This book also delves into the mystery surrounding their strikingly similar teachings, and presents over one hundred examples on facing pages.
Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from Walking the Camino by Joyce Rupp. ($12)
In this inspirational book, this well-known author presents her adventures on a 47 day pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in Spain, which she took at the age of 60, with Tom, a retired pastor and close friend. As an imaginative practitioner of spiritual literacy, Rupp has gathered together the many meanings of her experience so that fellow pilgrims can share in the bounty. One of the main points of a pilgrimage is not knowing what will happen on the journey. Another part of it is living in the Now. This inspirational book is the basis for upcoming discussion in a recently formed Adult Sunday School class, Common Threads.
Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up by Norman Fischer. ($12)
Most of us take maturity for granted, as if it comes naturally with age and experience. In fact, however, few of us are truly mature individuals, occupying our unique places in life. In this profound and engaging work, Norman Fischer explores the true mark of maturity and the attributes which can enrich and broaden our lives. This hands-on guide provides a surprising new perspective that can turn old ideas on their heads and reinvigorate our understanding of what it means to be mature.
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr. ($14.50)
Fr. Rohr offers that God is found in all things, even the most painful or sinful things. And it is through contemplative prayer that we are able to "see" and to hold the paradox of the good and bad within each of us and throughout human history. Prayer is "a way of living in the Presence and living in awareness of the Presence" allowing for transformation. A profound message that is to be read and reread.
