The words on the following pages invite you to grow in practicing the presence of God and experiencing the person and power of the Holy Spirit. Open this book to any page and experience intimacy with God and the presence of the Holy Spirit wherever you are on your faith journey. Take your time as you reflect on each 365-daily writing and ask the Spirit to speak personally to you--a loving call to comfort, teach, guide, and glorify. Let the unfailing presence of the Holy Spirit guide you in the Father's plan for your day.

Have you ever asked yourself what changed when you were "born again?" You look in the mirror and see the same reflection - your body hasn't changed. You find yourself acting the same and yielding to those same old temptations - that didn't seem to change either. So you wonder, Has anything really changed? The correct...

The Spirit Callingtakes readers on a moving, 365-day personal journey into the presence and peace of the Holy Spirit. Each-one page devotional is a letter to the reader as if it were written from the heart of the Holy Spirit. The daily readings—all developed from Scripture—are presented in a way that is both personal and enriching, ushering people into the Spirit’s presence in a more intimate way. Each elegantly designed devotional ends with a seed prayer to provoke reflection and action.

Inspirational poetry that speaks to people of all ages and all walks of life.

The Politics of the Spirit is an in-depth discussion of the impact of the Spirit upon the community called Church. It is a call to the members of the covenant community to recognize that in the reality of the changing moments in the Church and the world, there are those dark inward times when winter stillness overtakes the Church and would seek to destroy it. It is a call for a contemporary appraisal of the Church's Spirituality when, on the broader scale, there are manifold claims to Spirituality. The breadth of the work is seen in such questions as "What is Spirituality?", "What does it mean to be Spiritually mature?", "What is the relationship between Spiritual authority and political authority in the Church?", "How do we differentiate between the activity of the Spirit in revelation, inspiration, interpretation, doctrinal formulation and church tradition?", and "Where do we place politics in these issues?" In a word, The Politics of the Spirit simply looks at the Spirit in the culture of the community called Church.

From Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations with the dead. Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism—when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Among our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by “spirit rappings”; Daniel Dunglas Home, the “greatest medium of all time”; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news about the war. The book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics, and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there . . . ?

Indigenous Peoples have always carried the knowledge necessary to heal. When our people heal, our families heal, our communities heal and our land will heal. You cannot have one without the other. These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love. They teach us how to make good decisions for ourselves and for all other aspects in our lives. When our people were young, they were sent on the land to gather as much experience and knowledge as they could, and when they returned, they would contribute what they learned. I am Syilx and Secwepemc and although many of my teachings come from this place, they also intertwine with indigenous knowledge shared through ceremony from many other nations. People from all backgrounds have embraced concepts from other parts of the world that promote self-love, healing and well-being through practices of discipline and meditation. Very little has been shared about indigenous systems and how it promotes self-love and approach to healing.

As believers today, the notion of being "moved by the Spirit" still holds immense significance. Understanding one's calling, and discerning the voice of the Spirit in the midst of life's complexities, is an essential aspect of our spiritual growth and maturity. The Holy Spirit is not a passive force but an active presence in the life of every believer, guiding us into all truth (John 16:13) and empowering us to walk in the fullness of God's purpose for our lives.

This book presents the conversations with Swami Akhandananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and the third president of the Ramakrishna Order, as recorded by his disciple and personal attendant, Swami Niramayananda. It is an English translation of the conversations recorded in Bengali and covers the period from 1935 to 1937. The conversations, for the most part, deal with the theory and practice of spiritual life, besides several reminiscences of Akhandananda about Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and others. The book is a refreshing blend of spiritual instructions, reminiscences and conversations, which will be of invaluable help to all spiritual aspirants.