This delightful blessing is the perfect birthday gift for cherished friends and family members. Its twelve expressive verses, each accompanied by an evocative image, call to mind the many ways that God's sustaining and supportive care is present each day. With the touch of a poet, Joyce Rupp calls forth a spirit of gratitude and wonder for the gift of being alive. With content appropriate for any depth of relationship, this booklet has a page for personal inscription and makes a thoughtful present for the person who seems to have everything.

Bestselling author Joyce Rupp once again proves herself a wise and gentle spiritual midwife, drawing forth 365 names of God from the worlds spiritual treasury. Fragments of Your Ancient Namewhose title comes from a poem by German mystic Rainier Maria Rilkeassembles a remarkable collection of reflections for each day of the year. This unique and profound devotional will heighten awareness of the many names by which God is known around the world. Whether drawing from the Psalms, Sufi saints, Hindu poets, Native American rituals, contemporary writers, or the Christian gospels, Rupp stirs the imagination and the heart to discover a new dimension of God. Each name is explored in a ten-line poetic meditation and is complemented by a simple sentence that serves as a reminder of the name of God throughout the day.

With many prayers straight from the personal journals of Joyce Rupp, "Prayers to Sophia" aids readers in reaching new spiritual depths through the exploration of feminine images of the Divine.

Vulnerable and instructive in equal amounts, this book of meditative prayers offers fifty entries that include a verse from biblical wisdom literature and conversation starters for women's book groups.

At age 60 Joyce Rupp didn't know what she was getting into when she began a 47-day pilgrimge along the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Joined by a friend, Joyce learned lessons that can help all of us travel on life's up-and-down journey with more grace and lightness. She shares them in this enjoyable recounting of her journey across mountains and valleys, cities and farms.

We long for connections in the midst of disconnected lives - connections to ourselves, to others, to the world we live in. Most of all, we yearn to connect with the sacred. In "The Circle of Life", Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr invite us to listen carefully and closely to the wisdom of each season. Using reflections, poems, prayers, and meditations, they explore the relationship between the seasons of the earth and the seasons of our lives. "The Circle of Life" encourages readers to connect their experience of the unfolding seasons with inner spiritual growth and movement, and to know that the presence of God is within and around us all.

Joyce Rupps bestselling contemporary classic has sold over 180,000 copies and this new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray about everyday life using the rich symbol of a cup.

The long-awaited book from best-selling spiritual guide Joyce Rupp, creatively leads readers to explore how the image of the door can guide them in a process of discovering their true self. Joyce Rupp brings new life to the ageless spiritual image of the door, weaving insights from East and West with the wisdom of contemporary spiritual writers, poets, and novelists in a practical format that is just right for contemporary readers. Structured as a daily prayer guide for everyday use over six weeks, each day offers a thematic reflection, a guided meditation, an original prayer, a thoughtful question, and a related scripture quote. A built-in guide for small groups makes this the perfect resource for groups of all kinds as well as individuals.

This popular classic introduced a hungry world to Rupp's unique brand of spiritual nourishment to help readers reflect upon and rejoice in the sacred, everyday world that is at once around and within. This 20th anniversary edition includes a new foreword that reveals retrospective insights. (Catholic)

With over 900,000 books sold in her writing career, Joyce Rupp remains a leading voice in women's spirituality. Now with an updated preface, "The Star in My Heart" guides readers toward a warmly personal understanding of Sophia, the feminine personification of wisdom.

Rupp employs visual metaphors--often involving the natural world--for each chapter to reveal how Sophia guides us through the inner processes of spiritual growth. Each chapter includes summary points, ideas for meditation and journal writing, and reflection questions ideal for group discussion.

Reissued on its tenth anniversary, May I Walk You Home? remains an invaluable resource for professional caregivers and loved ones assisting someone on their final journey home. Accompanied by the experience and empathy of hospice educator Joyce Hutchison and the wisdom and inspiration of best-selling author Joyce Rupp, readers will discover the courage necessary to embrace the struggles and rewards of this final companionship.

In Little Pieces of Light, bestselling author Joyce Rupp offers both courage and solace. She reaches into the human heart, encouraging the reader to approach painful, inner darkness as a help rather than a hindrance to personal growth. In a culture that pushes away darkness, this book carries a radical message: darkness is where one waits patiently for the stirrings of new life to develop. This new volume, revised and expanded, offers additional chapters as well as a study guide and prayers for personal reflection.

With the exquisite prose and poetry that has always graced her writing, Joyce Rupp mines the multiple meanings of important images in the Bible, in order to get us through our own rough moments. Included are: the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, Jesus lost in the temple, Mary seeing Jesus carrying the cross, Mary at the foot of the cross, Mary receiving Jesus' dead body, and Jesus being laid in the tomb.

Joyce Rupps characteristic creativity and reverence for the Divine are on full display in this collection of prayer resources for birthdays, holidays, holy days, transitions, and many other occasions, helping readers enter more deeply and reflectively into the liturgical and seasonal celebrations of their lives. Ideal for personal use, or as a gift for loved ones celebrating a landmark occasion, this enduring spiritual classic is an invaluable resource for ministers, spiritual directors, and lay leaders alike, who turn to its prayers, reflections, and rituals for personal and communal occasions both ordinary and profound.

Joyce Rupp shares her own midlife journey - its ups and downs - with such honesty and insight that you will surely identify with and benefit from the discoveries she has made along the way. Among them we can find wisdom in the wounds we've carried from birth onward, and these wounds can heal; past regrets must be let go lest they cling to us and drain our energy for life; the loving part of us can always out-wrestle the hating part; surprises of beauty and talent in us wait to be discovered and shared; some of what we thought to be unbreakable truth is now shattered pottery and unmendable; and our struggle to name God and to find a spirituality that enlivens and enriches our existence is less complex than we first thought.