Christian Spirituality & Practice

The Greatest Prayer

Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message

By: John Dominic Crossan
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Every Sunday, the Lord’s Prayer echoes in churches around the world.It is an indisputable principle of Christian faith. It is the way Jesus taught his followers to pray and distills the most essential beliefs required of every one of the world’s 2.5 billion Christians. In The Greatest Prayer, our foremost Jesus scholar explores this foundational... Read more

What We Talk About When We Talk About God

By: Rob Bell
Narrated by: Rob Bell
Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell, whom The New Yorker describes as “one of the most influential Christian leaders in the country,” does for the concept of God what he did for heaven and hell in his book Love Wins: He shows how traditional ideas have grown stale and dysfunctional and how to return vitality and vibrancy to lives of faith... Read more

The Case for the Psalms

Why They Are Essential

By: N. T. Wright
Narrated by: James Langton
Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

One of the world's most trusted Bible scholars, N. T. Wright turns his attention to the central collection of prayers that Jesus and Paul knew best: the book of Psalms. Wright points out that the Psalms have served as the central prayer and hymnbook for the church since its beginning—until now. In The Case for the Psalms, Wright calls us to... Read more

How to Be Here

A Guide to Creating a Life Worth Living

By: Rob Bell
Narrated by: Rob Bell
Length: 3 hours 1 minute

The popular pastor and New York Times bestselling author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God shows us how to pursue and realize our dreams, live in the moment, and joyfully do the things that make us come alive.Each of us was created for something great—we just need to figure out what it is and find the courage to do it.... Read more

Unafraid

Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith

By: Benjamin L. Corey
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 7 hours 38 minutes

The popular Patheos blogger and a prominent figure within the Emerging Church Movement and Progressive Christianity explains how the ""American Christianity"" we are currently taught is actually a fear-saturated distortion of biblical faith.Benjamin L. Corey thought he was suffering a crisis of faith, but it turned out to be a spiritual... Read more

Accidental Saints

Finding God in All the Wrong People

By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Narrated by: Nadia Bolz-Weber
Length: 6 hours 1 minute

What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today?

...And what if that's the point?

In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling au­thor Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic... Read more

Becoming Wise

An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

By: Krista Tippett
Narrated by: Krista Tippett
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

“I’ve come to understand the cumulative dialogue of my work as a kind of cartography of wisdom about our emerging world. This book is a map in words to important territory we all are on now together.”

Over the thirteen years that Krista Tippett has hosted her award-winning and nationally beloved radio program and podcast, first under the... Read more

I've Been Thinking . . .

Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life

By: Maria Shriver
Narrated by: Maria Shriver
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“[I've Been Thinking…] is beautiful...I felt your soul on these pages.” –Oprah Winfrey

“If you are feeling stuck, lost, or you just need a pick-me-up, this is the book for you. Shriver’s wisdom will fill you up.” —Hoda Kotb, coanchor, The Today Show

The ideal book for those seeking wisdom, guidance,... Read more

Help, Thanks, Wow

The Three Essential Prayers

By: Anne Lamott
Narrated by: Anne Lamott
Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

The New York Times bestseller from the author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything

Author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to coming through tough times, difficult days and the hardships of daily life.

Listeners of all ages have followed and cherished Anne Lamott’s funny and perceptive writing about... Read more

A Rhythm of Prayer

A Collection of Meditations for Renewal

By: Sarah Bessey
Narrated by: Chanté McCormick, Gisela Chípe, Rachel Perry & Sarah Skaer
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the weary, the angry, the anxious, and the hopeful, this collection of moving, tender prayers offers rest, joyful resistance, and a call to act, written by Barbara Brown Taylor, Amena Brown, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and other artists and thinkers, curated by the author Glennon Doyle calls “my favorite faith writer.”
 
It’s... Read more

Prayer

Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

By: Timothy Keller
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Renowned pastor and New York Times–bestselling author of The Songs of Jesus Timothy Keller explores the power of prayer. 

Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make it genuinely meaningful. In Prayer, renowned pastor Timothy... Read more

Big Magic

Creative Living Beyond Fear

By: Elizabeth Gilbert
Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

“Gilbert has a delightful way of dealing with the specific kind of fear that arrives just before you embark on a creative project. Hint: it involves a rearview mirror. I also appreciated her beliefs around creative ideas and where they come from ... and where they go if left unused. If you need some inspiration, pick up a copy of Big Magic and... Read more

The Book of Joy

Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

By: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu & Douglas Carlton Abrams
Narrated by: Douglas Carlton Abrams, Francois Chau & Peter Francis James
Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.
 
The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The... Read more

The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran
Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker
Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Gibran considered The Prophet to be his greatest achievement. First published in 1923, The Prophet has been translated into more than twenty languages, and has become one of the beloved classics of our time. Cherished by millions, the universally inspiring words of The Prophet are here magnificently read aloud. Read more

Faith After Doubt

Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It

By: Brian D. McLaren
Narrated by: Brian D. McLaren
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

This program is read by Brian D. McLaren

From the author of A New Kind of Christianity comes a bold proposal: only doubt can save the world and your faith.

"Will help you live fuller and breathe easier..” —Glennon Doyle

Sixty-five million adults in the U.S. have dropped out of active church attendance and about 2.7 million more are leaving every... Read more

Devoted

38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life with Dogs

By: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Narrated by: Susan Boyce
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me. In this heartwarming book, author Rebecca Ascher-Walsh presents a collection of inspiring dog stories—dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day: each one is devoted. These thirty-eight uplifting dog stories showcase the most amazing dog rescues,... Read more

8 Habits of Love

Overcome Fear and Transform Your Life

By: Reverend Ed Bacon
Narrated by: Reverend Ed Bacon
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

A spiritual guidebook to living life through love and connection, not fear and isolation, by a respected pastor and a frequent guest on Oprah's Soul Series.

Reverend Bacon believes that every person can live a full and creative life if they can learn to move through troubling emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness to find the beloved within... Read more