Books
Underlined books are a “must read” for anyone.
- Melody Beatty
- Co-Dependent No More
- Judith Bemis/Amr Barrada
- Embracing the Fear: Learning How to Manage Anxiety and Panic Attacks
- Claudia Black
- It Will Never Happen to Me
- Joan Borysenko, PhD
- Minding the Mind, Mending the Body
- John Bradshaw
- Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing your Inner Child
- Brene’ Brown
- The Gifts of Imperfection
- Daring Greatly
- Frederick Buechner
- Telling Secrets-A Memoir
- A Room Called Remember
- Dom Helder Camara
- A Thousand Reasons for Living
- Ian Cron
- Chasing Francis
- Marliee P Dunker
- Days of Glory, Seasons of Night
- Victor Frankl
- Man’s Search for Meaning
- Doyle Gentry
- Anger Free: Ten Steps to Managing Your Anger
- Laurie Hall
- An Affair of the Mind
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology
- Robert Hicks
- Masculine Journey
(Out of print but worth the search)
- Masculine Journey
- Barbara Johnson
- Where Does a Mother Go to Resign?
- Alan Jones
- Exploring Spiritual Direction: An Essay on Christian Friendship
- Exploring Spiritual Direction: An Essay on Christian Friendship
- Ernest Kurtz/Katherine Ketcham
- The Spirituality of Imperfection: Story Telling & The Search for Meaning
- Nate Larkin
- Samson Society and the Pirate Monks
- Mike Lew
- Victim No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse
- Brennan Manning
- Abba’s Child
- The Ragamuffin Gospel
- Reflections for a Ragamuffin (Daily)
- Ruthless Trust
- Gerald May
- Addiction and Grace
- Brian McLaren
- A Generous Orthodoxy
- A New Kind of Christian
- The Last Word…and the Word after That
- Marsha Means
- Living with your Husband’s Secret Wars
- Wayne Muller
- How Then, Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives
- Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood
- Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest
- Joseph Nassal
- Faith Walkers: Passages of Suffering and Hope
- Mark Nepo
- Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What is Sacred
- The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
- The Exquisite Risk: Daring To Live An Authentic Life
- The Endless Practice: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be
- The One Life We’re Given: Finding the Wisdom that Waits in Your Heart
- Kent Nerburn
- Letters to My Son: A Father’s Wisdom on Manhood, Life & Love
- Henri Nouwen
- Can You Drink the Cup?
- Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
- The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey through Anguish to Freedom
- The Return of the Prodigal Son
- The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
- The Wounded Healer
- Eleanor Payson, MSW
- The Wizard of Oz and other Narcissists
- Michael Quoist
- Prayers
- Richard Rohr
- Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality
- Adam’s Return
- Everything Belongs
- Falling Upward
- Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi
- What the Mystics Know: Seven Paths to Your Deeper Self
- Breathing Underwater
- Divine Dance
- Universal Christ
- The Wisdom Pattern: Order/Disorder/Reorder
- Lewis Smedes
- How Can It Be All-Right When Everything Is All-Wrong?
- Janis Abrahms Spring
- After the Affair: Healing the Pain & Rebuilding Trust When a Partner has Been Unfaithful
- Barbara Brown Taylor
- An Altar in the World
- Leaving Church
- Macrina Wiederkehr
- Season’s of Your Heart-Prayers and Reflections
- A Tree Full of Angels-Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary
- Seven Sacred Pauses
- Christian Wiman
- My Bright Abyss
- Janet Woititz
- Children of Alcoholics
- Philip Yancey
- What’s So Amazing About Grace?
- The Jesus I Never Knew
- Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church
Reel Therapy via the movies
- The Kid The Kid
understanding our inner child - Peaceful Warrior
male mentoring / life wisdom (exceptional) - Ordinary People
family dysfunction - The Great Santini
family disjunction - Trip to Bountiful
aging & family dynamics - Cry My Beloved Country
racism - Simon Birch
preadolescent coming of age - Dr. Strange
men’s work/ ego - The Shack
experiencing God/ refining our theology - Aurora Borealis (2005)
dealing with death/dying - One Week (2008)
dealing with death/dying
Music
- Beth Nielson Chapman – Sand and Water
- Beth Nielson Chapman – Deeper Still
Links
- Couple Communication
www.couplecommunication.com- Exceptional communication materials
- Psychological Counseling Services
www.PCSEarle.com- Highly regarded for the weekly out patient intensives they offer
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www.illuman.org
- All men need to experience a rite of passage
- Samson Society (men’s accountability)
samsonsociety.ning.com- Good choice in building connection and accountability for men
- Sexaholics Anonymous
www.sa.org
Daily Meditation Books
- Listening to Your Life
by Frederick Buechner - Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
by Henri Nouwen - Reflections for Ragamuffins
by Brennan Manning - My Utmost for His Highest
by Oswald Chambers - Living the Message
by Eugene Peterson (translator of The Message) - A Year with C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works
by C. S. Lewis - Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts & Reflections
By Madeleine L’ Engle - The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present in the Life You Have
by Mark Nepo - On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men
by Richard Rohr - Jesus Calling
by Sarah Young - The Spring within Us
Richard Rohr