Online Magazines/Resources:
Relevant MagazineProdigal Magazine
A Deeper Story
Burnside Writers Collective
Sojourners
Ruminate Magazine
Some Great YA + Emerging Blogs:
Anything on Patheos.com
Rachel Held Evans
Jen Hatmaker
Pam Hogeweide
Preston Yancey
Great Daily (or regular) Meditations to Subscribe to:
Richard Rohr (at the Center for Action +Contemplation)
Joan Chittister
Great Spiritual Movies:
I Am
The Way
Finding Joe
The Human Experience
TV Shows that Can Make You Wax Philosophic:
The Walking Dead
Great Examples of Young/Emerging Communities of Worship
(*and some inviting but not specifically "young" communities doing it inclusively)
The Crossing, Boston, MA
St Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, CA
St Lydias, Brooklyn, NY
Wesley Fellowship, Boulder, CO
House for All Sinners & Saints, Denver, CO
The Refuge, Boulder, CO
St Hildegard Community, Austin, TX
Mystic Texts On Inner Journey
Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila
Dark Night of the Soul by John of the Cross
Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating
The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart by Cynthia Bourgeault
Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants by Dennis Okholm and Kathleen Norris
The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century by Joan Chittister
To Live as Francis Lived: A Guide for Secular Franciscans by Leonard Foley, Jovian Weigel, and Patty Normile
Memoirs of Faith
Take This Bread by Sara Miles
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace by Cathleen Falsani
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton
My Life with the Saints By James Martin
The Confessions of St Augustine {some say this is the original memoir}
The Story of a Soul by Therese of Liseux
Action + Activism + Ministry
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in the Contemporary World by Henri Nouwen
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as An Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne and Jim Wallis
Theology + Faith Values
Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality by Richard Rohr
Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr
A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That are Transforming the Faith by Brian McLaren
Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words by Brian McLaren
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N.T. Wright
Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell
Discernment, Spiritual Journey + Formation
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri Nouwen
Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment and Moments of Grace by Nora Gallagher
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
Following the Path: The Search for a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Joy by Joan Chittister
The Monastery of the Heart: An Invitation to a Meaningful Life by Joan Chittister
Women, Church + All Their Roles
{for men + women to learn as it relates to both genders and imperative in forming and understanding how women are seen and embraced --or not-- in faith communities} ...
The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeault
Unladylike: Resisting the Injustice of Inequality in Church by Pam Hogeweide
The Friendship of Women: The Hidden Tradition of the Bible by Joan Chittister
A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How A Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master by Rachel Held Evans
Daily Reflections + General Inspiration for Everyday Pilgrims
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle
Christian Mystics: 365 Readings + Meditations edited by Matthew Fox
40-Day Journey with Julian of Norwich by Julian of Norwich
40-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer
40-Day Journey with Madeleine L'Engle
40-Day Journey with Parker Palmer
40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister
The Breath of the Soul: Reflections on Prayer by Joan Chittister
The Lessons of St Francis: How to Bring Simplicity and Spirituality into Your Daily Life
Judaism, Other Faiths + Interfaith Materials
God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Mirabai Starr
The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale
You Don't Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith without Fanaticism by Brad Hirschfield
The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Joan Chittister, Saadi Shakur Chishti, Arthur Waskow and Karen Armstrong