RESOURCES ON PRAYER Bloom, Anthony. Beginning to Pray. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press. Bondi, Roberta C., To Pray and to Love: Converstaions on Prayer with the Early Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together: A Discussion of Christian Fellowship. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1954. Brother Lawrence. Practice of the Presence of God. New York: Image Books, 1977. Brueggemann, Walter. Praying the Psalms. Winona, Minnesota: Christian Brothers Publications, 1986. Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Revised and Expanded. San Francisco: Harper, 1978, 1988. Foster, Richard & Smith, James Bryan, eds. Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1993. Green, Thomas H. When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 1979. Houston, James M. The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 1996. Job, Rueben P. and Shawchuck, Norman, ed. A Guide to Prayer. Nashville, The Upper Room, 1983. Kelly, Thomas R., A Testament of Devotion. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. Leech, Kenneth. Soul Friend: The Practice of Christian Spirituality. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1977. Michael, Chester P. and Norrisey, Marie C. Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Open Door, 1991. Morris, Danny E. and Olsen, Charles M. Discerning God's Will Together: A Spiritual Practice for the Church. Upper Room Books, 1997 Mulholland, M. Robert. Shaped By the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation. Nashville: The Upper Room, 1985. Ortberg, John. Spiritual Disciplines For Ordinary People: The Life You've Always Wanted. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1997. Peterson, Eugene H. Take and Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. Peterson, Eugene H. Answering God: The Psalms As Tools For Prayer. HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Senn, Frank C., ed. Protestant Spiritual Traditions. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1986. Steere, Douglas V., Dimensions of Prayer: Cultivating a Relationship with God. Revised Edition. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1997. Thurman, Howard, Disciplines of the Spirit. Richmond, Indiana: Friends United Press, 1963. Trueblood, Elton, The New Man For Our Time. New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970. Ware, Corinne, Discover Your Spiritual Type: A Guide to Individual and Congregational Growth. New York: The Alban Institute, 1995. Willard, Dallas, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of the Disciplines. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. WRITERS AND RESOURCES FROM THE BAPTIST TRADITION Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 1972. Bunyan, John. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 1978. Clemmons, William P. Discovering the Depths. Nashville: Broadman, 1976. Dupre, Louis, John Meyendorf and Don Saliers, eds. Christian Spirituality III: Post-Reformation and Modern (New York: Crossroad/Continuum, 1989): E. Glenn Hinson, "Baptist and Quaker Spirituality," pp. 324-338. Furr, Gary A. and Freeman, Curtis W, eds. Ties That Bind: Life Together in the Baptist Vision (Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys, 1994). Henry Blackaby and Claude V. King, Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God (Nashville: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1990). Hinson, Glenn. A Serious Call to a Comtemplative Lifestyle. Revised Edition. Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 1993. Hinson,Glenn. "Baptists and Spirituality: A Community at Worship," Review & Expositor 84 (Fall 1987): 649-58. Humphries, Fisher. "Living As A Disciple." The Southwest Journal of Theology (Spring 1986): 79-84. Humphries, Fisher. Prayer. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1980. Hunt, T.W. The Mind of Christ. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1995.
Leonard, Bill J., ed. Becoming Christian: Dimensions of Spiritual Formation. Philadelphia: Westminster Press,. Oates, Wayne. Nurturing Silence in a Noisy Heart. New York, Doubleday, 1979. Tonks, Ronald, Prayer in Baptist Life: A Historical Survey. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1986. SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. Revised and Expanded. San Francisco: Harper, 1978, 1988. Green, Thomas H. When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 1979. Mulholland, M. Robert. Shaped By the Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation. Nashville: The Upper Room, 1985. Willard, Dallas. The Spirit of the Disciplines. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. JOURNALS AND JOURNALING/MEMOIRS Bondi, Roberta, Memories of God: Theological Reflections on a Life. Nashville: Abingdon, 1995. Buechner, Frederick, Now and Then. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983. Buechner, Frederick, The Sacred Journey. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1982. Carretto, Carlo, The Desert Journal: A Diary, 1954-55. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1992. Norris, Kathleen, Cloister Walk. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. DEVOTIONAL GUIDES Catherine Malotky, editor, Christ in Our Home, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. This is a Lutheran publication. Editor, Daily Guideposts, 16 East 35 th Street, New York, NY 10016. This publication reaches more than a million readers. The Rev. Edward Stone Gleason, editor, Forward Day By Day, 412 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202-4195. This is an Episcopal devotional guide with 500,000 readers. Randi Sundet Griner, editor, The Home Altar, P.O. Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209. This is a Lutheran family devotional guide. Ronald K. Brown, editor, Open Windows, 127 Ninth Avenue North, Nashville, TN. 37234. This is a Southern Baptist devotional guide.
Kathleen Buehler, editor, Pathways to God, P.O. Box 2499, Anderson, IN 46018. This is a Church of God publication. The editor, Portals of Prayer, Concordia Publishing House, 3558 South Jefferson Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri 63116-3968. This is a publication of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Gary Wilde, Quiet Hour, 4050 Lee Vance View, Colorado, Springs, CO 80918. This is a publication of David C. Cook Company. The editor, Reflections, 6316 Peake Road, Macon, GA 31210. This is a new guide published by Smyth & Helwys, a publisher providing alternatives to the literature of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Kathleen Hayes, editor, The Secret Place, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19481-0851. This devotional guide is published jointly by the American Baptist Churches and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Vic Jameson, editor, These Days, 100 Witherspoon Street, Room 1046A, Louisville, KY 40202-1396. This is a Presbyterian devotional guide. The editor, The Upper Room, P.O. Box 189, Nashville, TN 37202-0189. This probably is the most widely read devotional publication in the world. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Andrea Lee Schieber, editor, The Word in Season, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. This is a Lutheran devotional guide. PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL FORMATION Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Inc. 5430 Grosvenor Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Telephone: (301) 897-7334 Fax: (301) 897-3719 Home Page: http://www.shalem.org/index.html This offers a wonderful group of links in contemplative spirituality and resources. Spiritual Directors International 1329 Seventh Avenue San Francisco, CA USA 94122-2507 EMAIL: office@sdiworld.org FAX: (415) 566-1277 PHONE: (415) 566-1560 Home Page: http://www.sdiworld.org Listings of people who offer spiritual direction throughout the world by geographical locations. Links to many interesting resources. SDI publishes a journal called PRESENCE. More oriented to the liturgical churches and contemplative traditions.
The Upper Room 1908 Grand Avenue P.O. Box 189 Nashville, TN 37202-0189 (615) 340-7200 Home Page: http://www.upperroom.org/ Ecumenical prayer ministry sponsored by the Methodist General Board of Discipleship. Daily devotional, connections for prayer requests, and many programs of interest, including Chrysalis, Walk to Emmaus retreats and the Academy for Spiritual Formation, a two-year program of retreats in Christian spirituality. Publishes Weavings, a journal in Christian spirituality. Renovare 8 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, CO 80112-5609 Phone: 303-792-0152 Fax: 303-792-0146 The Gathering of Baptists Interested in Spirituality Pilgrims Rest Retreat Center PO Box 14275 Greenville, SC 29610-4275