Need a gift for the grad in your life? How about Mother’s Day? Staff from the Luther Seminary Bookstore have some recommendations.
Turn into the Wind: Prayers and Reflections by College Students, edited by Shirley Kelter, is a good little high school graduation gift for the young woman or man going off to college. It is written by students from colleges and universities around the country.
In just 19 pages, spiritual director Lois Lindbloom provides concise but meaty guidance on how to discern which path to take at those decision times in our lives. In Is That You, God? Cultivating Discernment as a Way of Life using the story of God’s call to Samuel, she gives not a formula but practical, up-to-date clues for discernment. Many people are finding it to be helpful.
If you ever had Professor Emeritus Wendell Frerichs for an Old Testament class at Luther (even if you didn’t!), you might enjoy having his
Real Prayers. This is a collection of many of the prayers that this man of prayer shared at the beginning of his classes every day.
William Sloane Coffin’s book Credo is a collection of short passages from his writings and speeches/sermons arranged by topics such as Faith, Hope, Love and Social Justice and Civil Liberties, The Christian Century says, “Credo is a verbal and spiritual feast from Coffin’s fertile mind and rich life.” It is a paperback discounted to $9.75.
Order these books and more, usually for a substantial discount, from the Luther Seminary Bookstore. Visit the bookstore for more information