🤝 Spiritual Friendship

Books celebrating the sacred dimension of deep friendship — companionship as a path to God, to wisdom, and to becoming more fully oneself.

Find Your People

by Jennie Allen • 2022

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

3.94

21k+

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 💔 Vulnerability 📍 Proximity Friendship ⚖️ Accountability

Find Your People

More lethal than smoking: chronic loneliness. The cure is five people who actually know you.

by Jennie Allen 2022

3.94

21k+ ratings

🧩 Loneliness Epidemic ⛪ Christian Community 💔 Vulnerability 📍 Proximity Friendship ⚖️ Accountability

The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony

by Bhikkhu Bodhi • 2016

The Buddha's social teachings on anger, speech, and justice, collected from the original discourses.

4.48

139

🪷 Buddhist Ethics 📜 Early Buddhism 📚 Scriptural Anthology 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 💢 Anger Management

The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony

The Buddha's social teachings on anger, speech, and justice, collected from the original discourses.

by Bhikkhu Bodhi 2016

4.48

139 ratings

🪷 Buddhist Ethics 📜 Early Buddhism 📚 Scriptural Anthology 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 💢 Anger Management

On the Duties of Brotherhood

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 2016

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam 🫂 Mutual Aid

On the Duties of Brotherhood

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 2016

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam 🫂 Mutual Aid

Sacred Companions

by David G. Benner • 2002

Sacred companions help you hear God, not human advice. Here's how to be one.

4.29

887

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🌿 Spiritual Formation 🏘️ Christian Community 💑 Marriage Spirituality ❤️ Soul Care

Sacred Companions

Sacred companions help you hear God, not human advice. Here's how to be one.

by David G. Benner 2002

4.29

887 ratings

🧭 Spiritual Direction 🌿 Spiritual Formation 🏘️ Christian Community 💑 Marriage Spirituality ❤️ Soul Care

Born Again This Way

by Rachel Gilson • 2020

A same-sex attracted atheist meets Jesus at Yale. Her desires don't change. Everything else does.

4.47

1k+

📖 Biblical Sexuality 💬 Same-Sex Attraction 🔑 Faith And Sexuality 🕊️ Celibate Singleness 💍 Mixed-Orientation Marriage

Born Again This Way

A same-sex attracted atheist meets Jesus at Yale. Her desires don't change. Everything else does.

by Rachel Gilson 2020

4.47

1k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Sexuality 💬 Same-Sex Attraction 🔑 Faith And Sexuality 🕊️ Celibate Singleness 💍 Mixed-Orientation Marriage

Soul Friends

by Stephen Cope • 2017

You are not self-made. Six distinct relationships built your personality, one attachment at a time.

4.23

164

🧩 Attachment Theory 👥 Friendship Psychology 🔧 Attachment Repair 🤝 Relational Psychology 🌱 Positive Psychology

Soul Friends

You are not self-made. Six distinct relationships built your personality, one attachment at a time.

by Stephen Cope 2017

4.23

164 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 👥 Friendship Psychology 🔧 Attachment Repair 🤝 Relational Psychology 🌱 Positive Psychology

Seven Friendships Every Man Needs

by Justin Erickson • 2019

Isolation kills a man's faith. Seven friendship roles, drawn from Scripture, that keep him running.

4.29

📖 Biblical Manhood 🧭 Spiritual Mentoring ✅ Accountability Partners 🌱 Disciple Making 🌍 Evangelism

Seven Friendships Every Man Needs

Isolation kills a man's faith. Seven friendship roles, drawn from Scripture, that keep him running.

by Justin Erickson 2019

4.29

14 ratings

📖 Biblical Manhood 🧭 Spiritual Mentoring ✅ Accountability Partners 🌱 Disciple Making 🌍 Evangelism

Saint Teresa of Avila

by Mirabai Starr • 2013

Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.

4.46

160

🕯️ Christian Mysticism ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 🙏 Women Mystics 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 🌊 Ego Dissolution

Saint Teresa of Avila

Your soul is a crystal castle. God waits at its center. A Spanish mystic's map inward.

by Mirabai Starr 2013

4.46

160 ratings

🕯️ Christian Mysticism ⛪ Carmelite Spirituality 🙏 Women Mystics 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 🌊 Ego Dissolution

Spiritual Mentoring

by Keith R. Anderson • 1999

Helping someone trace God in their own story: spiritual mentoring as relationship, not curriculum.

3.78

206

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🤝 Mentoring Relationships 👁️ Discernment ✝️ Ignatian Spirituality

Spiritual Mentoring

Helping someone trace God in their own story: spiritual mentoring as relationship, not curriculum.

by Keith R. Anderson 1999

3.78

206 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🧭 Spiritual Direction 🤝 Mentoring Relationships 👁️ Discernment ✝️ Ignatian Spirituality

Becoming a True Spiritual Community

by Larry Crabb • 1999

Your church runs on programs. Souls stay hidden. The way out is turning toward one another.

4.05

220

🏛️ Church Community 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🤝 Authentic Community 🧭 Spiritual Direction ⚔️ Flesh Vs Spirit

Becoming a True Spiritual Community

Your church runs on programs. Souls stay hidden. The way out is turning toward one another.

by Larry Crabb 1999

4.05

220 ratings

🏛️ Church Community 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🤝 Authentic Community 🧭 Spiritual Direction ⚔️ Flesh Vs Spirit

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