Lift Up Your Hearts ~ 6
Sites Devoted to Christian Spirituality

Inroduction to Section 6 ~ Sites Devoted to Christian Spirituality

The following selected sites offer helpful resources for Christian spirituality, formation and devotion. The emphasis is upon resources of a practical nature born in the current climate of ecumenical conversation and corporate wisdom. The ELCIC is especially interested in the baptismal journey of the catechumenate.

We would be grateful to hear of sites offering resources congenial to the evangelical-catholic tradition of the Lutheran community. We look forward to the creation of reciprocal links to ecumenically accessible venues. Contact us [e-mail] to suggest possible links.

The maple leaf indicates a Canadian connection.

1. Associations, Guilds, Societies
2. Lives Lived to the Full
   • Saints
   • Mystics
   • Interesting Individuals
3. Readings in Christian Srituality
   • Archives, Collections, Guides, Libraries
   • Lectio Divina
   • Journals, Periodicals
   • Interesting Writings
4. Spiritual Formation and Nurture
   • Catechumenate & Catechesis
   • Community Sirituality
   • Spiritual Nurture
5. Prayer and the Devoted Life
   • Prayer
   • Social Action
   • Other
6. Publishing Houses and Booksellers
   • Booksellers
   • Publishers

Associations, Guilds, Societies

• Association for Catechumenal Ministry (Roman Catholic RCIA; Clinton, MD USA)
• The Diaconal Association of the Church of England
• Diakonia World Federation (global federation of diaconal communities and associations)
• Evangelical Philosophical Society
• North American Association for the Catechumenate (ecumenical collaboration of Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists et alia)
• North American Association for the Diaconate (Anglican/Episcopalian)
• North American Forum on the Catechumenate (ministry promoting Catholic RCIA)
• Order of St. Luke
• Society of Christian Philosophers
• The World Community for Christian Meditation (based on John Main's work; London, England)

Lives Lived to the Full

• Augustinian Saints, Blesseds and More (Augustinians of the Midwest; Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, IL USA)
• Benedictine Martyrology (Hoffman/Lechner, St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Calendar of Saints' Days (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America)
• The Christian Catacombs of Rome • The Spirituality of the Catacombs (Salesian Institute, Rome, IT)
• Christian Hagiography (Société des Bollandistes, Brussels, Belgium)
• James Kiefer's BIOs (Christian Biographies; Society of Archbishop Justus, USA).
• Lives of the Saints (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia)
• Patron Saints Index (Terry Jones, Madisonville, KY USA)
• Saints' Lives (Edmund Lo Presti, U Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA USA)
• Santi, Beati e Testimoni (biographies, extensive art library related to saints; Italy)

• Who's Who in the History of Mysticism (Bruce Janz, Augustana U College, Camrose, AB Canada)

• Re Jesus (Jesus of Nazareth; Who is Jesus? Find out here... Bruce Stanley and Simon Jenkins et al; England)
• Justin Martyr: Philosopher, Apologist, and Martyr (Justin Martyr: c. 100-165; James Kiefer Biographies)
• Easter Sermon of John Chrysostom (John Chrysostom; 347-407. Lift Up Your Hearts site.)
• Augustine (Augustine of Hippo: 354-430; James O'Donnell, U Pennsylvania, PA USA)
• Institutes: Twelve Books of John Cassian (John Cassian: c. 360-432; Elizabeth Knuth, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Rule of St. Benedict (Benedict of Nursia: 480-547; OSB, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Hildegard of Bingen (Hildegard of Bingen: 1098-1179; Roland Horst, Johannes Guttenburg U, Mainz, Germany)
• Birgitta of Sweden: Her 'Revelationes' (Birgitta of Sweden: 1303-1373; Julia Bolton Holloway et alia, Fiesole, IT)
• Julian of Norwich: Her 'Showings' and Their Contexts (Julian of Norwich: 1343-1443; Julia Bolton Holloway et alia, Fiesole, IT)
• The Imitation of Christ (Thomas a Kempis: 1379-1471; Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Martin Luther (Martin Luther: 1483-1546; Laurence Bates; Michigan State U; East Lansing, MI USA) • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Wittenberg, Germany) • Lutherstadt Wittenberg
• St. Teresa of Avila (Teresa of Avila: 1515-1582; Mark Browning, Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• St. John of the Cross (John of the Cross: 1542-1591; Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• John Donne (John Donne: 1572-1631; Elizabeth Knuth, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Kierkegaard Library (Soren Kierkegaard: 1813-1855; St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN USA)
• Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Gerard Manley Hopkins: 1844-1889; Bartleby.com, New York, NY USA)
• Dorothy Day Library on the Web at the Catholic Worker home page (Dorothy Day: 1897-1980; Anne Fullerton, Catholic Worker Home Page)
• Into the Wardrobe: The C. S. Lewis Web Site (Clive Staples Lewis: 1898-1963; Dr Zeus, Seattle, WA USA)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer Homepage Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works (Dietrich Bonhoeffer: 1906-1945; Wayne Whitson Floyd, Jr. et al, USA)
• Lucia Wiley: The World of a Muralist (Lucia Wiley: 1906-1998; art & spirituality; New York, NY USA)
• Thomas Merton Center (Thomas Merton: 1915-1968; Bellarmine U, Louisville, KY USA)

Readings in Christian Spirituality

• Beliefnet ("The source for Spirituality, Religion and Morality")
• Christian Classics Etherial Library (Harry Plantinga, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Early Church Fathers (Christian Classics Etherial Library; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• The Ecole Initiative (Encyclopedia of Early Church History) • Glossary
• EWTN Library of Catholic Texts (Eternal Word Television Network; many docs. on liturgy, worship, spirituality; Birmingham, AL USA)
• Fathers of the Church (collected texts at New Advent Site, Denver, CO USA)
• Internet Classics Archive (Daniel C. Stevenson)
• Religion Online (extensive e-text library of books, articles by recognized scholars; William Fore et al; Escondido, CA USA) • Prayer & Sacraments • The Christian Life • Inclusive Language
• St. Pachomius Library (Michael Vezie, Orthodox Christian Page in America)
• Wabash Center Internet Guide: Spirituality, Monasticism, and Mysticism (Crawfordsville, IN USA)
• Women and Theology (annotated links; Association of College and Research Libraries | Women's Studies Section; Christine Larson, Earlham College, Richmond, IA USA) • Women and Christianity

• Lectio Divina (OSB; Elizabeth Knuth, Alcuin Library, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA) • About Lectio Divina

• American Lutheran Publicity Bureau (publisher of Lutheran Forum, Forum Letter, breviary, etc.; Delhi, New York USA)
• Common Boundary Magazine (psychology, spirituality & creativiity)
• Ekklesia Project Online (journal of pan-Christian group seeking to be the Body of Christ; Michael Budde et al; USA)
• First Things: the Journal of Religion and Public Life (The Institute on Religion and Public Life; Richard John Neuhaus et al; New York City, NY USA)
• God's Friends: A Journal of Liturgical and Spiritual Practice (St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA USA)
• Gottesdienst (Journal on Evangelical-Lutheran Liturgy produced by LC-MS clergypersons; Milwaukee, WI USA)
• Johannine Hours (scan the index for Johannine Hours, devotional of the Taizé Community)
• The Journal of Lutheran Ethics (ELCA)
• Killing the Buddha ("religion magazine for people made anxious by churches...")
• Madonna (Jesuit Journal on Prayer & Spirituality, Australian Jesuits)
• The Other Side: Strength for the Journey (Philadelphia, PA USA)
• Pro Ecclesia (The Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology)
• Raven's Bread (quarterly newsletter for hermits; Hot Springs, NC USA)
• The Revealer (publication of New York University's Department of Journalism and Center for Religion and Media; New York City, NY USA)
• Semper Reformanda: A Journal for Lutheran Reformation (Jonathan Lange et al; USA)
• Ship of Fools: the Magazine of Christian Unrest (Simon Jenkins et al; London, England)
• Sojourners Online (Bob Sabath et al, Washington D.C. USA)
• The Upper Room (devotional magazine) • Devo'Zine (youth emphasis) • Pockets (emphasis on children)
• Utne Reader Online ("A place in cyberspace where ideas and community intersect.")

• The Church and the City (M. Francis Mannion writing in First Things, New York, NY USA)
• A Home for the Seeking Spirit (Emphasis on the third person of the Trinity; Robert Longman Jr.; ELCA; Patchogue, NY USA)
• Memorial (Blaise Pascal; text transl. by Elizabeth T. Knuth, St. John's U, Collegeville, IL USA)
• My Utmost For His Highest (Oswald Chambers; full text; RBI, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Mysticism (Evelyn Underhill, Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA) • Evelyn Underhill Association
• A Portrait of Jesus (Marcus Borg; via Cam Howard, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH USA)
• Spiritual Book Associates (Catholic book club focussed on Christian spirituality; since 1934; Congregation of Holy Cross, New York, NY USA)
• Varieties of Religious Experience (William James, full text; Michael Nielsen, Georgia Souther U, Statesboro, GA USA)

Spiritual Formation & Nurture

• Association for Catechumenal Ministry (Roman Catholic RCIA; Clinton, MD USA)
• Baptismal Catechumenate (two articles from Lutheran Forum by Don W. Johnson and Frank C. Senn; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Book of Concord eBook (Logia site; Crestwood, MO USA)
• The Book of Concord (online edition of Triglot Concordia - 1917/21)
• Catechist Magazine (Peter Li Education Group)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican site)
• Catechism of the Greek Orthodox Faith (Metropolitan Archbishop Sotirios, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto, Canada)
• Center for Children and Theology (promotes catechesis after the model of Sofia Cavalletti; Mount Rainier, MD USA)
• Creeds of Christendom (texts and links; Michael Anderson; St. Marys, WV USA)
• Faith Inkubators (curriculum; Rich Melheim et al, Stillwater. MN USA)
• The Great Mysteries: An Essential Catechism (Andrew Greeley; San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1976, 1985; online edition via Ingrid Shafer, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK USA)
• North American Association for the Catechumenate (ecumenical collaboration of Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists et alia)
• North American Forum on the Catechumenate (ministry promoting Catholic RCIA)
• Mysticism Resources (annotated links; Gene Thursby; U Florida; Gainesville, FL USA) • Spiritual Formation
• Re Jesus (Who is Jesus? Find out here... Bruce Stanley and Simon Jenkins et al; England)
• Resources for Catholic Educators: RCIA (links; Gilles Côté, Kelowna, BC Canada)
• A Vision of Discipleship (Clement Mehlman, editor; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)

• Anglican Religious Communities Yearbook (global listing; England)
• Bread on the Waters (catechesis, prayer; Victor Hoagland et al; Congregation of the Passion)
• Carmelite Spirituality (British Province of Carmelites, England)
• The Community of Jesus (ecumenical --Benedictine-- Christian community; Orleans, MA USA)
• The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (Church of England) • USA
• Deaconess Community of the ELCA (serving the ELCA and ELCIC)
• Diakonia World Federation (global federation of diaconal communities and associations)
• Holden Village (ELCA; Chelan, WA USA)
• Ignatian Spirituality In Music (songs for daily liturgy and retreats; Ruth Scherer Leacock, Omaha, NE USA)
• Iona Community (Iona and Glasgow, Scotland)
• Internet Theology Resources: Monastic Studies (Elizabeth Knuth, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Jesuit Spirituality (click on Prayer and Spirituality; links and information; Jesuit Conference, Washington, DC USA)
• Lutheran Deaconess Association (Center for Diaconal Ministry; Valparaiso, IN USA)
• Lutheran Monastic Spirituality: Saint Augustine's House (Benedictine; Oxford, MI USA) • Saint Wigbert's Monastery (Benedictine; Werningshausen, Germany) • Östanbäck Monastery (Sala, Sweden)
• Monastic Primer (look for "primer"; New Melleray Abbey, Trapist, Dubuque, IA USA)
• Monastic Spirituality (Christ in the Desert Monastery)
• Montfortian Spirituality
• Passionist Research Center (spirituality and devotion)
• The Rule of St. Augustine
• Society of the Holy Trinity (North American community of Lutheran clergy)
• Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Christian Classics Etherial Library, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI USA)
• Taizé Community (France)
• World Council of Churches : Faith and Order : Texts and Studies (important spirituality-related documents and texts)

• Anglican Renewal Ministries
• Celtic Christianity (Stuart Woodward, Yokohama, Japan)
• The Center for Baptismal Living (Episcopalian organization seeking to nurture people in their baptismal vocations; Lansdale, PA USA)
• Deeper - ELCIC Youth Online (youth ministry site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada)
• The Diaconal Association of the Church of England
• Emberdays Interactive Spirituality (Bruce Stanley et al, Bristol, England)
• How to Develop a Spiritual Journal (Dan Phillips; Franklin, TN USA)
• Internet Theology Resources: Spirituality (links; Alcuin and Clemens Libraries, St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Mysticism Resources (annotated links; Gene Thursby; U Florida; Gainesville, FL USA) • Women's Spiritualities
• North American Association for the Diaconate (Anglican/Episcopalian)
• Paradox/Warehouse ("Post-modern" spirituality in UK)
• Pilgrim's Progress: Follow the Journey (readings, information, links about pilgrimage; Danny Thomas; Epsom, Surrey, England)
• Pneuma: Spiritual Direction & Formation in the ELCIC (Clement Mehlman, editor; ELCIC Lift Up Your Hearts site)
• Spiritual Directors International
• Spiritual Formation (Presbyterian Church - USA)
• Spirituality and Humor (Danny Morris, Hermitage, TN USA)
• Theological Library: Spirituality (excellent links; Gerald Darring, Department of Theology, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL USA)
• Total Ministry (June Maffin, Diocese of New Westminster, BC Canada)
• Via de Cristo (National Lutheran Secretariat; USA)

Prayer & the Devoted Life

• Awaken to Prayer (Roger Smith, Archdiocese of Seattle, WA USA)
• Carmina Gadelica: Ortha nan Gaidheal (Gaelic prayers; Sabhal Mór Ostaig, Island of Skye, Scotland, UK)
• Catholic Prayers (collection by Kenneth Morrill)
• Celebrating Common Prayer (adapted from Common Worship Calendar; Society of St. Francis, England)
• Common Worship: Daily Prayer (Church of England; click on "texts") • Daily Prayer (alternative)
• Contemplative Outreach (Thomas Keating, St. Benedict's, Snowmass, CO USA)
• Convent of Pater Noster via Christus Rex (Lord's Prayer and other texts in over 1200 laguages; Michael Olteanu, Vallejo, CA USA)
• Daily Office (e-mail group focused on meditations based upon ECUSA BCP Daily Office texts)
• Daily Office (BCP; Mission St. Clare, Cupertino, CA USA)
• Dominic's Nine Ways of Prayer (The animation is worth the visit! Matt Walsh et al, Chicago IL USA)
• Eastern Orthodox Spirituality: The Ladder of Divine Ascent (Demetrios Serfes, Boise, ID USA)
• Inner Explorations (Jim and Tyra Arraj, Crater Lake, OR USA)
• Invitation To Prayer (Church of England)
• Jesuit Spirituality (click on... resources / spirituality; links and information; Jesuit Conference, Washington, DC USA)
• Luther's Orders for Daily Worship (Jennifer Kittlaus, Northwestern U, Evanston, IL USA)
• Mysticism Resources (annotated links; Gene Thursby; U Florida; Gainesville, FL USA) • Prayer and Meditation
• Order of St. Luke
• Oremus (Anglican; "daily prayer and prayer resources on the Internet"; Steve Benner and Simon Kershaw, England)
• Orientations for Spiritual Growth (John Veltri, Pickering, ON Canada) • Orientations (book) • Week of Directed Prayer (model)
• Pray the Psalms Daily (Grail trans.; Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD USA)
• Prayer and Iconography (Interview with & work of William Hart McNichols)
• Praying Church (ELCA)
• Praying Each Day (Nicholas Hutchinson & the De La Salle Brothers in Great Britain)
• Stations of the Cross (text and photographs; Dominic Barrington and Paul Kennington, via Grace Episcopal Church, Florence, KY USA)
• Theological Library: Popular Devotions (excellent links; Gerald Darring, Department of Theology, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL USA)
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2004 • World Council of Churches
• The World Community for Christian Meditation (based on John Main's work; London, England)
• World Day of Prayer - Canada • World Day of Prayer - International Committee
• With all God's People: The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle (WCC; 2003, 2004)

• Alternatives for Simple Living (interdenominational advocacy and education toward a simple Christian lifestyle; Sioux City, IA, USA
• Call To Action (social action movement within Roman Church; Chicago, IL USA)
• Campaign 2000 (to end child poverty in Canada)
• Cardoner: Social Issues, Justice and Religion (Australian Jesuits)
• Catholic Worker
• Christian + Feminist (catalogue of links; Elizabeth Knuth, College of St. Benedict / St. John's U, Collegeville, MN USA)
• Kairos (Canadian ecumenical justice initiatives)
• Sojourners Online (Bob Sabath et al, Washington D.C. USA)
• Women and Theology (annotated links; Association of College and Research Libraries; Earlham College, Richmond, IN USA)

• Catholic Calendar Page (Robert and Linda Easterbrooks)
• El Camino de Santiago (information for pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela)
• Lift Up Your Hearts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany Resources (extensive catalogue of selected links)
• Lift Up Your Hearts: Lent, Holy Week and Easter Resources (extensive catalogue of selected links)
• Mary's Garden
• Places of Peace and Power (Martin Gray, Sedona, AZ USA)
• The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (Aaron Gerlach)
• Science & Spirit Resources (John Templeton Foundation)
• Walk to Emmaus (an Upper Room Ministry)

Publishing Houses & Booksellers

• Abebooks.com (used, rare, and out-of-print books; Victoria, BC Canada)
• Amazon.com Books (A very large bookstore!)
• Bibliofind (one-stop search site for rare, used books; owned by Amazon.com)
• Church House Bookshop (Church of England, England)
• Crux Books (discount theological books; Toronto, ON Canada)
• Holy Cross Bookstore (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology; Brookline, MA USA)
• Loome Theological Booksellers (Stillwater, MN USA)

• Anglican Book Centre (Anglican Church of Canada)
• ARIL / Cross Currents Online (Association for Religion and Intellectual Life)
• Augsburg Fortress Publishers (publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) • Augsburg Fortress Canada
• Blackwell Publishing - Religion and Theology Resource Center (United Kingdom)
• Christian Spirituality Resources (Philip St. Romain et al)
• Church House Bookshop (Church of England, England)
• Church Publishing Incorporated (ECUSA; former Church Hymnal Corporation)
• Conciliar Press (Orthodox press, Ben Lomond, CA USA)
• Cowley Publications (US Episcopalian)
• Creative Communications for the Parish (supplier of parish devotional materials; Fenton, MO USA)
• Forward Movement Publications (ECUSA)
• Ignatius Press
• Joinhands (Wood Lake Books' web site; information on excellent Whole People of God RCL-based SCS curriculum)
• Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN USA)
• Liturgical Publications Inc.
• Liturgical Publications of St. Louis, Inc.
• Liturgy Training Publications ("LTP"; Chicago, IL USA)
• Lutterworth Press (Cambridge, England)
• Morehouse Group (Anglican; Morehouse, Trinity Press International, Living the Good News)
• Northwestern Publishing House (WELS publishing house)
• Oxford University Press
• Paraclete Press (Community of Jesus, Orleans, MA USA)
• Pastoral Press
• St. Anthony Messenger Press
• Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK; Anglican; London, England)
• TheoLogic Systems (Orthodox; Bethel Park, PA USA)
• Veritas (publishers/booksellers; Dublin, Ireland)
• Wild Goose Publications (The Iona Community, Scotland)
• Wood Lake Books (Joinhands web site; information on excellent Whole People of God RCL-based SCS curriculum)

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