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STONE & Light: A Celebration of a Holy Place

Stone & Light

STONE & Light celebrates the Monastery Chapel of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist through a kaleidoscopic portrait of its history and architecture, its beauty in liturgy and its power as a place of prayer.

The book can be purchased online here
           

            Hardcover: $35.95
            Softcover: $24.95

 


Lushly illustrated with archival and art photographs, this book about the Monastery Chapel draws together essays and meditations by scholars, priests, architects, poets, musicians, and Brothers from SSJE.

Stone & Light is a resource for all of us who have entered this holy place and, as one visitor writes, “awakened to love.”

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Please note: Books are available for purchase only on the web. SSJE cannot fulfill orders by mail, phone or email.

 

 

Cowley Publications

In recent years, the Brothers have partnered with Rowman & Littlefield, Blurb.com and Lulu.com to make available a range of books and other items, such as calendars and photo books. Click on an item to navigate to our partner sites, where you can complete your purchase.

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    compiled and edited by Jonathan F. Maury, SSJE
    The Ordo is an in-depth and comprehensive schedule of the readings and prayers used by the Brothers of SSJE each day, which will allow friends to follow along and pray with the Community.

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    Many of us are fast approaching the "golden years" of retirement, wondering with fear -- and hope -- what the future holds for us. Dip into any of these chapters and find a refreshing perspective, a humorous anecdote, or an intimate confession that will ring true to your own experience.

  • Organic God
    Kate Moorehead

    In these Lenten meditations, Kate Moorehead devotes each of the seven weeks to a theme that Jesus addressed frequently, particularly through Earth-centered parables of planting.

  • Pilgrims of Christ
    Paul-Gordon Chandler

    Today's tensions between the "Islamic" East and "Christian" West run high. Here Paul-Gordon Chandler presents fresh thinking in the area of Christian-Muslim relations, showing how Christ can close the gap between the two religions.

  • Steeped in the Holy
    Raewynne J. Whiteley

    Steeped in the Holy seeks to reclaim the spiritual foundations for preaching, inviting clergy and students to see preparation and preaching not as an intrusion, but as an opportunity to engage with God and to develop practices that deepen a relationship with God and feed preaching.

  • Tour de Faith
    Robert F. Molsberry

    Tour de Faith shares powerful lessons about community, discipline, challenges, mortality, and more as pastor Robert F. Molsberry reflects on his experiences in the annual Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.

  • Wising Up
    Reynold Feldman and M. Jan Rumi

    Written especially for teens and young adults, Wising Up distills the wisdom of many traditions to set out 80 principles of good living in bite-size two-page spreads. Perfect for individual or group reflection.

  • Wonder
    B. Kathleen Fannin

    Wonder and Other Life Skills explores the human need for community, and the use of creative arts as tools to open the minds of young adults to ingenuity, innovation and imagination to help them connect with the Divine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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