Learning to Walk in the Dark: Because Sometimes God Shows up at Night
By Barbara Brown Taylor
Drawing on her own experience, Barbara Brown Taylor describes how we learn to fear the dark and encourages us to explore the gifts of darkness, where we may have some of our most profound spiritual experiences. Her insights can guide us through these challenging times, where we may find unexpected blessings and deepen our encounters with God, each other, and ourselves.
—Jane Ellen Nickell
Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the Healing of the Earth
By Debra Rienstra
Learn how communities of faith – particularly smaller ones – can name and embrace their gifts in ways that strengthen their resilience and help them engage in meaningful ministry amidst cultural and planetary upheaval.
—Jim Antal
Life after Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
By Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren shows us how to face the worst outcomes of climate catastrophe and emerge fiercely defiant, brave and kind. A must read for anyone seeking to live faithfully.
—Jim Antal
Night Magic
By Leigh Ann Henion
In order to “know the night with greater intimacy,” nature writer Leigh Ann Henion takes us on hikes through mountain, woods and ponds, to see salamanders crossing rural roads to return to mating streams, glowworms under leaf mold, and moths disoriented by artificial light. Her book is a wake-up call to push back against the ever-increasing light pollution that endangers their lives.
— Mary Johnson
Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred
By Victoria Loorz
Finding solace in nature is an antidote for our difficult times. With an eco-spiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Victoria Loorz uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it—and calling it church.
— Ruah Swennerfelt
Sacred Earth Sacred Soul: Celtic Wisdom for Reawakening to What Our Souls Know and Healing the World
By John Philip Newell
In these difficult times and as we enter the darkness of the winter solstice, we are helped by John Phillip Newell as he explores how Celtic spirituality—listening to the sacred around us and inside of us—can help us heal the earth, overcome our conflicts, and reconnect with ourselves.
— Ruah Swennerfelt
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
By Katherine Rundell
This is the perfect book to read in the aftermath of a planet-threatening election. In times like these, terror and rage will carry us only so far. We will also need unstinting, unceasing love. For the hard work that lies ahead, Ms. Rundell writes, “Our competent and furious love will have to be what fuels us.” This is a book to help you fall in love.
—Margaret Renkl, The New York Times, 11/18/24
How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
By Kari Leibowitz
If you long for the same kind of happiness a snowy day gave you as a kid, “How to Winter” will help you recapture that feeling. If you need a cold weather mood-booster, that’s here, too.
— Terri Schlichenmeyer, “The Bookworm”