Del Norte Public Library

Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself...

A translation of the classic spiritual work is based on the author's mystical vision of a crystal castle with seven chambers, each representing a different stage in a soul's quest for union with God.

The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide to understanding and developing our most powerful inner resource-silence-to help us find happiness, purpose, and peace. Many people embark on a seemingly futile search for happiness, running as if there is somewhere else to get to, when the world they live in is full of wonder. To be alive is a miracle. Beauty calls to us every day, yet we rarely are...

In this pithy, inspiring book, Pema Chodron presents the Buddhist concept of shenpa - - which can be translated as "getting stuck" or "getting Hooked" - - and shows you how you can liberate yourself from it.

Meditations and anecdotes celebrate the sacred moments illuminating everyday life

Manual del Guerrero de la Luz es uno de los libros más esperados del autor de El Alquimista, el bestseller internacional que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en el mundo entero. Los textos que se reúnen en este libro nos recuerdan que en cada uno de nosotros vive un guerrero de la luz, alguien capaz de escuchar el silencio de su corazón. Nos invitan a vivir nuestros sueños, aceptar la incertidumbre, alzarnos ante nuestro propio destino y seguir...

A collection of life-affirming anecdotes on the experiences of love, parenting, death, dreams, and learning.

"This is your wake-up call to resist the Hustle culture and embrace the slowness of Jesus. Our culture makes constant demands of us: Do more. Accomplish more. Buy more. Post more. Be more. In following these demands, we have indeed become more: More anxious. More tired. More hurt. More depressed. More frantic. What we are doing isn't working! In a society where hustle is the expectation, busyness is the norm and information is king, we have forgotten...

Explains how to listen for and recognize God's voice amid the tumult of modern life, revealing the various ways in which God speaks and how to allow God to help one find peace and fulfillment and live a spiritual life.

"During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions. This collection of her writings and reflections, almost all of which have never been made public before, sheds light on Mother Teresa's interior life in a way that reveals the depth and intensity of her holiness for the first time." "Compiled and presented by Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, M.C., who knew Mother Teresa for twenty...