Practicing Presence

Practicing Presence

Practicing Presence is a weekly book discussion that opens with twenty-five minutes of meditation or silent prayer. Practicing Presence meets Sunday mornings during the Formation Hour. Newcomers are always welcome.

Titles are selected by group members. Books are usually available for purchase through St. Paul’s bookstore, or you may obtain them on your own.

When & Where

Sundays at 10:00 am in the Library

Leaders

Rebecca Atwood, Grimsley Graham

Current Book Selection

The Gnostic Gospels
Elaine Pagels

The Gnostic Gospels offers a provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.

Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of several books, including Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, the New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, and The Gnostic Gospels, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. Professor Pagels lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

— Penguin Random House


Previous Book Selections

Living Buddha, Living Christ
Thich Nhat Hanh

Lost Christianity
Jacob Needleman

Guardians of Being
Eckhart Tolle and Patrick McDonnell

The Power of Focusing
Ann Weiser Cornell

 

The Universal Christ
Richard Rohr

Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Wisdom Jesus
Cynthia Bourgeault

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All Things Shining
Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly

 

A Still Forest Pool
Achaan Chah

Immortal Diamond
Richard Rohr

The Places that Scare You
Pema Chödrön

Addiction & Grace
Gerald May

 

The Book of Joy
Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu

Invitation to Love
Thomas Keating

Silence
Robert Sardello

The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown

 

The Divine Dance
Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell

No Self, No Problem
Anam Thubten

The Heart of Centering Prayer
Cynthia Bourgeault

The Way of Silence
Brother David Steindl-Rast

 

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
Shunryu Suzuki

Mystical Hope
Cynthia Bourgeault