Books and Other Writing
The Wisdom to Know the Difference: When to Make A Change–and When to Let Go, turns the Serenity Prayer into a practical guide to a more peaceful and productive life. Full of compelling stories from original interviews, it offers spiritual tools to discern when to let go and when to stand up for what matters. Click on the links to the right to read reviews or an excerpt. Please click on one of the booksellers on the lower right to order.
Parenting may expand our hearts, show us our own limitations, make us feel more dependent on God, and at the same time limit our opportunities for quiet time to listen for God’s guidance. In this Pendle Hill Pamphlet, Eileen Flanagan shares her own struggles with these issues and invites readers to consider how to support the spiritual lives of parents. You may purchase God Raising Us: Parenting as a Spiritual Practice from Pendle Hill. Read a review by blogger Chris M.
Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers offers the perspectives of a cross-section of women who are living out their beliefs. It includes Eileen Flanagan's essay, "A Pellet of Poison," which explores her efforts to avoid passing on racism to her children. Check out Caroline Grant's review.
Eileen Flanagan explores the lessons she learned in the process of finding a partner and deciding to marry. Drawing on original personal interviews, Listen with Your Heart: Seeking the Sacred in Romantic Love shows how loneliness and fear offer opportunities for spiritual growth, how listening to your inner voice can bring peace and clarity, and how romantic love can be a spiritual path. You can read endorsement quotes from Harville Hendrix and other relationship experts on this reviews page.
