Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: life, undivided, journey, wholeness, hidden
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-06-02
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0470453761
ISBN-13: 9780470453766

In A Hidden Wholeness, Parker Palmer reveals the same compassionate intelligence and informed heart that shaped his best-selling books Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach. Here he speaks to our yearning to live undivided lives—lives that are congruent with our inner truth—in a world filled with the forces of fragmentation. Mapping an inner journey that we take in solitude and in the company of others, Palmer describes a form of community that fits the limits of our active lives. Defining a “circle of trust” as “a space between us that honors the soul,” he shows how people

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: vocation, voice, listening, speak, life
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1999-09-10
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0787947350
ISBN-13: 9780787947354

The old Quaker adage, "Let your life speak," spoke to author Parker J. Palmer when he was in his early 30s. It summoned him to a higher purpose, so he decided that henceforth he would live a nobler life. "I lined up the most elevated ideals I could find and set out to achieve them," he writes. "The results were rarely admirable, often laughable, and sometimes grotesque.... I had simply found a ’noble’ way of living a life that was not my own, a life spent imitating heroes instead of listening to my heart." Thirty years later, Palmer now understands that learning to let his life spe

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: teacher, life, anniversary, landscape, inner, teach, exploring, courage
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-08-17
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0787996866
ISBN-13: 9780787996864

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: christian, life, contradictions, celebration, paradox, promise
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-04-18
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0787996963
ISBN-13: 9780787996963

First published in 1980—and reissued here with a feisty new introductory essay—The Promise of Paradox launched Parker J. Palmer’s career as an author and his ongoing exploration of the contradictions that vex and enrich our lives. In this probing and heartfelt book, the distinguished writer, teacher, and activist examines some of the challenging questions at the core of Christian spirituality. How do we live with the apparent opposition between good and evil, scarcity and abundance, individuality and community, death and new life? We can hold them as paradoxes, not “either/ors,” allo

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: HarperOne
Keywords: journey, spiritual, education
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1993-05-28
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0060664517
ISBN-13: 9780060664510

This primer on authentic education explores how mind and heart can work together in the learning process. Moving beyond the bankruptcy of our current model of education, Parker Palmer finds the soul of education through a lifelong cultivation of the wisdom each of us possesses and can share to benefit others.

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Keywords: life, undivided
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1591793629
ISBN-13: 9781591793625

What does it mean to live "an undivided life"? For renowned educator and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer, it means living a life of authenticity in which "soul and role" are fully aligned. Now, this living legend--whose books have sold nearly 1 million copies to date--offers his first-ever audio program, An Undivided Life. With heartwarming stories, insightful reflections, and poetic wisdom from his lifetime of work, this landmark journey will explore: * How we can choose an undivided life in a world riddled with divisions * Why we need to "act in every situation in ways that honor the

Author: Parker J. Palmer
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: creativity, caring, work, spirituality, life, active
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-07-21
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0787949345
ISBN-13: 9780787949341

The Active Life is Parker J. Palmer’s deep and graceful exploration of a spirituality for the busy, sometimes frenetic lives many of us lead. Telling evocative stories from a variety of religious traditions, including Taoist, Jewish, and Christian, Palmer shows that the spiritual life does not mean abandoning the world but engaging it more deeply through life-giving action. He celebrates both the problems and potentials of the active life, revealing how much they have to teach us about ourselves, the world, and God.