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Make the holiday season easier this year with the @shopinspirit holiday guide! We hope these small joys bring some comfort and delight. Free standard shipping on orders of $50 or more within the U.S. is available through 12/8. shopinspirit.org

The release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project—its gift. Award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew shares how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done. Available wherever books are sold!

We’re thrilled to announce our newest title, Where Two Worlds Touch: The Spirit and Science of Alzheimer’s Caregiving. A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Jade C. Angelica’s beloved memoir and guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Foreword by Dr. Stephen G. Post.

The release is the stage when writers share the soul of their project—its gift. Award-winning author and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew shares how to thrive and best serve your work once the writing is done. Available wherever books are sold!

Less Here Now Less light today than yesterday. Less sun for growing things. Less time for demanding doing. —Rev. Sean Parker Dennison Breaking and Blessing

Make the holiday season easier this year with the @shopinspirit holiday guide! We hope these small joys bring some comfort and delight. Free standard shipping on orders of $50 or more within the U.S. is available through 12/8. shopinspirit.org

Finding Thanksgiving Spirit of Life, God of Love, let me write a thanksgiving on my heart. —Stephen Shick Be the Change

Images shape how we understand ourselves, our society, and our world. But images are not innocent. Through the Lens of Whiteness is an essential resource to recognize, analyze, and confront the perpetuation of racism in our visual world. Available wherever books are sold.

For all those striving for liberation and meaningful allyship, Karen Van Fossan’s learnings and practices of genuine, mutual solidarity and her thoughtful critique of whiteness in A Fire at the Center will be transformational. Available wherever books are sold.

Help children cultivate a practice of gratitude and a sense of wonder for the world around them this holiday season with Goodness Gracious: A Gratitude Book for Children! Available wherever books are sold and from shopinspirit.org.

Pie with Spirits This is the very pumpkin pie my grandmother made—almost. . . . To honor her, I follow the recipe. To honor him, I change just one thing. To honor myself, I take my time and smile. —Mary Wellemeyer Admire the Moon

In Held, community minister and advocate Barbara F. Meyers illustrates how members of faith communities can be supportive to those living with mental health problems, and their loved ones, in our congregations and society. shopinspirit.org

A stunning memoir of coming of age and coming out, Swinging on the Garden Gate describes a period of time in writer and teacher Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew’s life when she came to know her #bisexuality as an embodied manifestation of divinity. Available wherever books are sold.

A Prayer for My Queer and Trans Siblings Here you are. Here, in this holy space, on this ground that is holy because you are here. —Jess Reynolds Love Like Thunder

Complete with historical context and legal analysis, Faith on Trial by Mark J. T. Caggiano is an invitation to religious progressives and moderates to help put social progress at the center of the national conversation about religion and the law.

For those who are just beginning their social change journeys to those who are weary and disillusioned, Social Change Now is a powerful roadmap to deepen your commitment to social justice from Deepa Iyer. Available wherever books are sold.

Mid-November Dawn The time has come, I know, I know. The soft frosts that fade at the first blush of light are over. The grass snaps now with each step, and the cold seeps around . . . up my sleeves and down my neck. —Patrick Murfin We Build Temples in the Heart

Incantations for Rest by Atena O. Danner is an invitation to slow down and explore every kind of rest, providing sacred space for those exhausted by the demands of a racist, ableist society. Available wherever books are sold.

You are no less resilient, reaching both down to the strength that holds you, and up, up to the light, out with your beauty. —Taraxacum Rev. Julián Jamaica Soto Spilling the Light