Meditations: On the Monk Who Dwells in Daily Life

Richard A. Daly

God's Little Book of Hope: Words of Inspiration and Encouragement for Difficult Times

What a caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." This pocket-sized book filled with inspirational religious thoughts on the theme of hope can function as a ray of light in difficult times. Open this little book to any page and answers will be provided: "Pick yourself up when you fall down. No one else is likely to." "There are no hopeless situations . . . only attitudes that have grown hopeless about them.

Simon Jacobson

Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Sages

With a new foreword and chapter that address the upheaval that followed the events of September 11, this revised edition of Toward a Meaningful Life traces the root causes of our fear and uncertainty and lucidly outlines strategies for recovery and redemption. Profound yet accessible to readers of all backgrounds and beliefs, Toward a Meaningful Life provides comfort and renewed hope, showing us how to find solace even as we endure overwhelming suffering and inexplicable loss. Toward a Meaningful Life is a spiritual road map for living based on the teachings of one of the foremost religious leaders of our time: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Head of the Lubavitcher movement for forty-four years and recognized throughout the world simply as "the Rebbe," Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who passed away in June 1994, was a sage and visionary of the highest order. Although the Rebbe's teachings are firmly anchored in more than three thousand years of scholarship, the urgent relevance of these age-old truths to contemporary life has never been more manifest. The principles the Rebbe derived from the sages embody a distinctly universal message, calling for humankind at all times to lead ...

Julia Baird (Author)

Bright Shining