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1. Reading for the love of God: how to read as a spiritual practice

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Author:
Wilson, Jessica Hooten
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
248.4 WILSO
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
248.4 WILSO
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Discusses "how to read as a spiritual practice in a way that encourages humility, increases our charity toward others, frees our minds and hearts from the trappings of contemporary idols, and directs us toward contemplation"--

2. The wild land within: cultivating wholeness through spiritual practice

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Author:
Colón DeLay, Lisa
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
242 COLON
Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
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Offers a map to our inner terrain, inviting us to deepen and expand our encounters with God. Through specific spiritual practices from early desert monastics, as well as Latinx, Black, and Indigenous contemplatives, Colón DeLay guides readers in cultivating lives of devotion. The author uses theology and neuroscience to help readers work through buried fear or pain and find embodied spiritual healing from trauma.