Holistic Discernment

To Listen as Jesus Did

"Pastoral Care, Spirituality of" and "Holistic Spirituality"

Gestalt Therapy and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius

A Perceptual Approach to Effective Ministry

Ministry: Reaping What We Have Not Sown

Integrating the findings of modern psychology and traditional Christian spirituality, this book presents a spirituality of gratitude that can guide contemporary Christians in living with an expanded awareness of how grace abounds everywhere, as well as the personal and cultural hurdles that stand in the way of being grateful.

Grateful Heart, The: Living the Christian Message

Integrating the wisdom of Christian tradition and recent psychological findings on effective decision-making, this book presents a view of Christian discernment that honors the body-spirit unity of the person and the broad and mysterious ways we can be led by the spirit of God in our life-choices. Going beyond discernment skills and concrete practices, this book presents a coherent theoretical understanding of discernment that grounds the many spiritual practices used by Christians today. By providing a broad and inclusive understanding of the multiple ways God can provide guidance to individuals, this book helps individuals to honor the unique and idiosyncratic way that they receive divine guidance, as well as provides guidelines that guard against possible self-deception and personal blind-spots. While including anecdotal accounts and practical elements or Christian discernment, this book provides a conceptual understanding of discernment that will be helpful for those training to be professional ministers, pastors, priests, religious counselors, and spiritual directors. It is unique in applying Christian tradition and contemporary psychological insights to the process of discernment.

The Discerning Heart: Exploring the Christian Path

In middle age, people are overwhelmed by a yearning to abandon the trivial, to create a better self, and to begin living in relation to life's ultimate questions. Wilkie Au offers here a warm guidebook for traveling the road of middle age. It acts as a type of spiritual triple-A auto club, providing both a map for middle life's journey and roadside assistance for those who find themselves stuck along the way.Transitions peak in middle age loss of all sorts yet for believers, loss is never the final word. Crammed with stories, examples, and excerpts from both classic and contemporary writers, this book shows that God is always there to meet us now, wherever we are on the journey. This is spirituality that endures, spirituality for the long haul.Highlights: Helps readers cope with common obstacles in the spiritual path, such as the need for control, the fear of the unknown, and the desire to cling to possessions Shows how to live with more awareness, more immediacy, more gratitude, and more compassion Provides practical tools such as reflections, exercises, prayers, and guidelines for developing one's spirituality

Enduring Heart, The: Spirituality for the Long Haul

Using stories and images, the authors blend the best of spirituality and psychology to help the reader live in peace with self, others and God.

Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration

A contemporary guidebook for the spiritual journey, steeped in the Christian tradition and rich in psychological insight.

By Way of the Heart: Toward a Holistic Christian Spirituality

Located between the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive university offering 60 major programs, 55 minor undergraduate degrees and programs. The Graduate Division offers 39 master’s degree programs and one education doctorate, one juris doctorate and 10 credential programs. 
 
Founded in 1911, LMU is ranked third in “Best Regional Universities (West)” by U.S. News and World Report. LMU is the largest Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates on the West Coast, with more than 6,000 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. The state-of-the-art The William H. Hannon Library rates among the 20 best in the country according to The Princeton Review’s guide to “The Best 378 Colleges,” 2014. Bloomberg Businessweek ranks LMU sixth in the nation and third in the West in its 2013 Part-Time MBA rankings.

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Dr. Au is the author of the award winning books, By Way of the Heart: Toward a Holistic Spirituality and The Enduring Heart: Spirituality for the Long Haul. His books have been translated into Spanish, Polish, Chinese, and Korean and published in foreign editions in Great Britain, India, and the Philippines. Dr. Au has served as a member of editorial boards for scholarly journals and is a leader in the field of spirituality and formation for spiritual direction and pastoral ministry.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

University of Southern California

Gonzaga University

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