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🧘 Contemplative Writing

Books born from stillness—meditative prose that slows the reader down and attends to inner life with quiet precision. These works treat writing itself as a spiritual and reflective practice.
The Book of (More) Delights
by Ross Gay • 2023
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
4.25
3k+
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
The Book of (More) Delights Summary
The Book of (More) Delights 91%
A year of looking closely: when joy and sorrow share the same sentence.
by Ross Gay 2023
4.25
3k+ ratings
📝 Lyric Essays👀 Practice Of Noticing🙏 Everyday Devotion
Why Write?
by Mark Edmundson • 2016
Writing is the art of becoming nobody's fool, especially your own.
3.65
222
✍️ Craft Of Writing🛋️ Writing As Therapy🎙️ Finding Your Voice
Why Write? Summary
Why Write? 91%
Writing is the art of becoming nobody's fool, especially your own.
by Mark Edmundson 2016
3.65
222 ratings
✍️ Craft Of Writing🛋️ Writing As Therapy🎙️ Finding Your Voice
A Circle of Quiet
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
4.21
7k+
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process
A Circle of Quiet Summary
A Circle of Quiet 91%
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1971
4.21
7k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process
The Poet's Guide to Life
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 2005
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
4.12
368
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
The Poet's Guide to Life Summary
The Poet's Guide to Life 91%
Rilke's letters become a field guide: how to turn solitude and loss into a deeper life.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 2005
4.12
368 ratings
📜 Wisdom Literature✉️ Letter Collections🧘 Solitude
The Way of the Fearless Writer
by Beth Kempton • 2023
Replace willpower with listening. A Japanese Zen approach to a writing life that sustains itself.
4.37
425
✍️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Zen Philosophy
The Way of the Fearless Writer Summary
The Way of the Fearless Writer 91%
Replace willpower with listening. A Japanese Zen approach to a writing life that sustains itself.
by Beth Kempton 2023
4.37
425 ratings
✍️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Zen Philosophy
Walking in Wonder
by John O'Donohue • 2018
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
4.45
1k+
☘️ Celtic Spirituality📝 Contemplative Essays🌳 Nature Mysticism
Walking in Wonder Summary
Walking in Wonder 91%
The modern world dulls the soul. Wonder, nature, grief, and aging are the doorways back.
by John O'Donohue 2018
4.45
1k+ ratings
☘️ Celtic Spirituality📝 Contemplative Essays🌳 Nature Mysticism
Aflame
by Pico Iyer • 2025
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
3.79
1k+
🏔️ Monastic Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude🔥 Impermanence
Aflame Summary
Aflame 90%
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
by Pico Iyer 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
🏔️ Monastic Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude🔥 Impermanence
On the Brink of Everything
by Parker J. Palmer • 2018
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
4.06
2k+
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
On the Brink of Everything Summary
On the Brink of Everything 90%
The best preparation for death isn't withdrawal from life but deeper immersion in it.
by Parker J. Palmer 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🧘 Conscious Aging📿 Spiritual Memoir🕯️ Contemplative Practice
The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard • 1989
The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.
3.98
18k+
🖋️ Literary Craft✍️ Writing Process📖 Author Memoirs
The Writing Life Summary
The Writing Life 90%
The work leads, the writer follows, and most of what you write must be destroyed.
by Annie Dillard 1989
3.98
18k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Craft✍️ Writing Process📖 Author Memoirs
Reflective Practice
by Gillie Bolton • 2001
A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.
3.64
109
🔍 Reflective Practice📓 Journal Writing🔄 Experiential Learning
Reflective Practice Summary
Reflective Practice 90%
A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.
by Gillie Bolton 2001
3.64
109 ratings
🔍 Reflective Practice📓 Journal Writing🔄 Experiential Learning
Creative Journal Writing
by Stephanie Dowrick • 2007
Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.
3.81
373
🖊️ Journal Writing📝 Expressive Writing💭 Emotional Processing
Creative Journal Writing Summary
Creative Journal Writing 90%
Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.
by Stephanie Dowrick 2007
3.81
373 ratings
🖊️ Journal Writing📝 Expressive Writing💭 Emotional Processing
Silence
by Erling Kagge • 2016
The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.
3.76
14k+
🧘 Contemplative Living🤫 Inner Silence🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Silence Summary
Silence 90%
The rarest resource in a hyperconnected world is the one sound we keep drowning out.
by Erling Kagge 2016
3.76
14k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Living🤫 Inner Silence🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Book of Awakening
by Mark Nepo • 1999
The life you want hides inside the one you have. A poet's year of daily unearthing.
4.22
11k+
📿 Contemplative Spirituality📅 Daily Meditations🧘 Presence Practice
The Book of Awakening Summary
The Book of Awakening 90%
The life you want hides inside the one you have. A poet's year of daily unearthing.
by Mark Nepo 1999
4.22
11k+ ratings
📿 Contemplative Spirituality📅 Daily Meditations🧘 Presence Practice
The Art of Stillness
by Pico Iyer • 2014
Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.
3.73
9k+
🧘 Contemplative Living📵 Digital Disconnection🧠 Attention Restoration
The Art of Stillness Summary
The Art of Stillness 90%
Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.
by Pico Iyer 2014
3.73
9k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Living📵 Digital Disconnection🧠 Attention Restoration
A Book of Silence
by Sara Maitland • 2008
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
3.76
1k+
🧘 Contemplative Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism👁️ Sensory Perception
A Book of Silence Summary
A Book of Silence 90%
A decade alone: silence is not an empty void but a world-remaking force.
by Sara Maitland 2008
3.76
1k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Solitude🌿 Nature Mysticism👁️ Sensory Perception
Lost in Thought
by Zena Hitz • 2020
The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.
3.64
2k+
💭 Life Of The Mind🧘 Contemplative Life📖 Defenses Of Reading
Lost in Thought Summary
Lost in Thought 90%
The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.
by Zena Hitz 2020
3.64
2k+ ratings
💭 Life Of The Mind🧘 Contemplative Life📖 Defenses Of Reading
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
4.27
125k+
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet 90%
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929
4.27
125k+ ratings
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
The Beauty of Life
by J. Krishnamurti • 2023
The effort to meditate is the very thing blocking the silence you seek.
4.39
28
🌀 Nondual Awareness🔍 Self-Inquiry☸️ Eastern Philosophy
The Beauty of Life Summary
The Beauty of Life 90%
The effort to meditate is the very thing blocking the silence you seek.
by J. Krishnamurti 2023
4.39
28 ratings
🌀 Nondual Awareness🔍 Self-Inquiry☸️ Eastern Philosophy
Writing Begins with the Breath
by Laraine Herring • 2007
The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.
4.09
376
🧘 Mindful Writing✍️ The Writing Life🫁 Body Awareness
Writing Begins with the Breath Summary
Writing Begins with the Breath 90%
The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.
by Laraine Herring 2007
4.09
376 ratings
🧘 Mindful Writing✍️ The Writing Life🫁 Body Awareness
A Hidden Wholeness
by Parker J. Palmer • 2004
The soul hides when it feels unsafe. How to create a room where it finally speaks.
4.09
4k+
🧘 Contemplative Practice🪷 Soul Care👥 Group Facilitation
A Hidden Wholeness Summary
A Hidden Wholeness 90%
The soul hides when it feels unsafe. How to create a room where it finally speaks.
by Parker J. Palmer 2004
4.09
4k+ ratings
🧘 Contemplative Practice🪷 Soul Care👥 Group Facilitation
The Wisdom of the Heart
by Henry Miller • 1941
Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.
4.03
663
📖 Literary Philosophy📚 Essay Collections🎨 Creative Process
The Wisdom of the Heart Summary
The Wisdom of the Heart 90%
Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.
by Henry Miller 1941
4.03
663 ratings
📖 Literary Philosophy📚 Essay Collections🎨 Creative Process
Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg • 1986
Outrun your inner editor: the Zen practice of raw, unedited writing that unlocks your truest voice.
4.21
32k+
✍️ Writing Craft📅 Daily Practice🧱 Creative Resistance
Writing Down the Bones Summary
Writing Down the Bones 90%
Outrun your inner editor: the Zen practice of raw, unedited writing that unlocks your truest voice.
by Natalie Goldberg 1986
4.21
32k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📅 Daily Practice🧱 Creative Resistance
Life Is a Verb
by Patti Digh • 2008
Death gave a stepfather 37 days. One morning question later, ordinary life had urgency again.
3.97
3k+
🧘 Mindful Living🎨 Creative Self-Help⏳ Mortality Awareness
Life Is a Verb Summary
Life Is a Verb 90%
Death gave a stepfather 37 days. One morning question later, ordinary life had urgency again.
by Patti Digh 2008
3.97
3k+ ratings
🧘 Mindful Living🎨 Creative Self-Help⏳ Mortality Awareness
The Great Book of Journaling
by Eric Maisel • 2022
Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.
3.74
114
📝 Therapeutic Writing✍️ Expressive Writing🎨 Creative Self-Expression
The Great Book of Journaling Summary
The Great Book of Journaling 90%
Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.
by Eric Maisel 2022
3.74
114 ratings
📝 Therapeutic Writing✍️ Expressive Writing🎨 Creative Self-Expression
Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh • 1955
What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.
4.13
57k+
📝 Meditative Memoir🏝️ Solitude🏡 Voluntary Simplicity
Gift from the Sea Summary
Gift from the Sea 90%
What a week alone by the shore reveals about love, simplicity, and life after midlife.
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1955
4.13
57k+ ratings
📝 Meditative Memoir🏝️ Solitude🏡 Voluntary Simplicity
If You Want to Write
by Brenda Ueland • 2012
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
4.12
9k+
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting
If You Want to Write Summary
If You Want to Write 90%
Writing is not a gift for the few. It is a birthright you talked yourself out of.
by Brenda Ueland 2012
4.12
9k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Practice🧱 Creative Blocks✍️ Freewriting
One Taste
by Ken Wilber • 1999
The daily workout for the four corners of your life and the one awareness behind them.
4.15
584
🧠 Transpersonal📜 Perennial Philosophy☯️ Nonduality
One Taste Summary
One Taste 90%
The daily workout for the four corners of your life and the one awareness behind them.
by Ken Wilber 1999
4.15
584 ratings
🧠 Transpersonal📜 Perennial Philosophy☯️ Nonduality
The Alphabet of Grace
by Frederick Buechner • 1969
No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.
4.08
958
🧘 Contemplative Christianity🌿 Everyday Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir
The Alphabet of Grace Summary
The Alphabet of Grace 90%
No burning bush required. Grace hides in morning coffee, awkward silences, and the sound of leaves.
by Frederick Buechner 1969
4.08
958 ratings
🧘 Contemplative Christianity🌿 Everyday Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir
The Art of Solitude
by Stephen Batchelor • 2020
The deeper you go into solitude, the more you find everyone else waiting there.
3.61
1k+
🪷 Secular Buddhism🧘 Contemplative Practice🔍 Self-Inquiry
The Art of Solitude Summary
The Art of Solitude 90%
The deeper you go into solitude, the more you find everyone else waiting there.
by Stephen Batchelor 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
🪷 Secular Buddhism🧘 Contemplative Practice🔍 Self-Inquiry
The Art of Nonfiction
by Ayn Rand • 2001
Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.
3.98
537
📖 Philosophical Writing💡 Clarity And Precision🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining
The Art of Nonfiction Summary
The Art of Nonfiction 90%
Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.
by Ayn Rand 2001
3.98
537 ratings
📖 Philosophical Writing💡 Clarity And Precision🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining
Eternal Echoes
by John O'Donohue • 1998
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
4.42
1k+
🍀 Celtic Wisdom📖 Spiritual Essays🕯️ Soul Work
Eternal Echoes Summary
Eternal Echoes 90%
Celtic wisdom reframes longing as the soul pulling you toward belonging, not a void to escape.
by John O'Donohue 1998
4.42
1k+ ratings
🍀 Celtic Wisdom📖 Spiritual Essays🕯️ Soul Work
The Question Book
by Mikael Krogerus • 2009
No advice, no frameworks. Six hundred pointed questions about the life you're actually living.
3.37
662
✏️ Guided Journaling🧠 Socratic Self-Help💼 Career Reflection
The Question Book Summary
The Question Book 90%
No advice, no frameworks. Six hundred pointed questions about the life you're actually living.
by Mikael Krogerus 2009
3.37
662 ratings
✏️ Guided Journaling🧠 Socratic Self-Help💼 Career Reflection
Original Love
by Henry Shukman • 2024
From suffering to love: four meditative stages that reveal the boundless heart already within you.
4.32
251
🧘 Contemplative Spirituality📿 Buddhist Practice🪷 Zen Buddhism
Original Love Summary
Original Love 90%
From suffering to love: four meditative stages that reveal the boundless heart already within you.
by Henry Shukman 2024
4.32
251 ratings
🧘 Contemplative Spirituality📿 Buddhist Practice🪷 Zen Buddhism
The Book of Life
by J. Krishnamurti • 1995
Every authority, system, and memory is a prison. The key is a mind that merely observes.
4.32
2k+
🕊️ Spiritual Philosophy🔍 Self-Inquiry🚫 Anti-Self-Help
The Book of Life Summary
The Book of Life 90%
Every authority, system, and memory is a prison. The key is a mind that merely observes.
by J. Krishnamurti 1995
4.32
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Spiritual Philosophy🔍 Self-Inquiry🚫 Anti-Self-Help
Doorway to Artistry
by Esther Lightcap Meek • 2023
Reality isn't a dead object to control; it's extending an invitation, and your art proves it.
4.67
21
🖼️ Aesthetics🎨 Creative Process📖 Phenomenology
Doorway to Artistry Summary
Doorway to Artistry 89%
Reality isn't a dead object to control; it's extending an invitation, and your art proves it.
by Esther Lightcap Meek 2023
4.67
21 ratings
🖼️ Aesthetics🎨 Creative Process📖 Phenomenology
Dropping the Struggle
by Roger Housden • 2016
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
3.89
114
🧘 Mindfulness Practice💗 Self-Acceptance🍃 Letting Go
Dropping the Struggle Summary
Dropping the Struggle 89%
What if self-improvement is the problem? Finding peace by dropping the fight with your life.
by Roger Housden 2016
3.89
114 ratings
🧘 Mindfulness Practice💗 Self-Acceptance🍃 Letting Go
Several Short Sentences About Writing
by Verlyn Klinkenborg • 2012
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
4.13
4k+
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer
Several Short Sentences About Writing Summary
Several Short Sentences About Writing 89%
Writing isn't about flow or formulas; it's about one clear sentence, then another.
by Verlyn Klinkenborg 2012
4.13
4k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Advice🔤 Sentence Craft📖 Reading Like A Writer
How to Think More Effectively
by The School of Life • 2020
Notebooks, long walks, and the right kind of envy: the thinking toolkit nobody handed you.
4.09
1k+
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🧠 Thinking Skills📓 Idea Capture
How to Think More Effectively Summary
How to Think More Effectively 89%
Notebooks, long walks, and the right kind of envy: the thinking toolkit nobody handed you.
by The School of Life 2020
4.09
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Practical Philosophy🧠 Thinking Skills📓 Idea Capture
The In-Between
by Jeff Goins • 2013
Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.
3.75
750
📖 Spiritual Memoir⏳ Waiting As Growth🧘 Contemplative Living
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 89%
Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.
by Jeff Goins 2013
3.75
750 ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoir⏳ Waiting As Growth🧘 Contemplative Living
The Faraway Nearby
by Rebecca Solnit • 2013
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
4.20
8k+
📖 Literary Memoir✍️ Personal Essays🕸️ Interconnectedness
The Faraway Nearby Summary
The Faraway Nearby 89%
The frontier between a life and the story told about it is where everything important happens.
by Rebecca Solnit 2013
4.20
8k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir✍️ Personal Essays🕸️ Interconnectedness
Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
by Haemin Sunim
The hidden peace beneath your racing thoughts: a Buddhist monk's short lessons on slowing the mind.
4.36
3k+
🧘 Buddhist Self-Help☸️ Zen Buddhism🧠 Mindfulness Practice
Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down Summary
Love for Imperfect Things / The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down 89%
The hidden peace beneath your racing thoughts: a Buddhist monk's short lessons on slowing the mind.
by Haemin Sunim
4.36
3k+ ratings
🧘 Buddhist Self-Help☸️ Zen Buddhism🧠 Mindfulness Practice
Quotes That Will Change Your Life
by Russ Kick • 2017
A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.
3.85
155
📚 Curated Wisdom🌿 Perennial Wisdom🔍 Self-Examination
Quotes That Will Change Your Life Summary
Quotes That Will Change Your Life 89%
A portable pharmacy of quotes for the moments when your own mind fails you.
by Russ Kick 2017
3.85
155 ratings
📚 Curated Wisdom🌿 Perennial Wisdom🔍 Self-Examination
Writing as a Path to Awakening
by Albert Flynn Desilver • 2017
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
3.77
128
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Writing as a Path to Awakening Summary
Writing as a Path to Awakening 89%
Writing craft meets meditation: a yearlong practice that sharpens prose and quiets the inner critic.
by Albert Flynn Desilver 2017
3.77
128 ratings
🖊️ Writing Craft🎨 Creative Practice🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Zen beyond Mindfulness
by Jules Shuzen Harris • 2019
Some patterns survive any amount of sitting. This Zen teacher makes you write them down first.
3.95
75
🧠 Buddhist Psychology🇺🇸 American Zen🔍 Self-Inquiry
Zen beyond Mindfulness Summary
Zen beyond Mindfulness 89%
Some patterns survive any amount of sitting. This Zen teacher makes you write them down first.
by Jules Shuzen Harris 2019
3.95
75 ratings
🧠 Buddhist Psychology🇺🇸 American Zen🔍 Self-Inquiry
On Quality
by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
3.64
387
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
On Quality Summary
On Quality 89%
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
by Robert M. Pirsig 2021
3.64
387 ratings
🏷️ Value Theory☯️ Nonduality🌏 Comparative Philosophy
Kokoro
by Beth Kempton • 2022
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
4.13
648
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
Kokoro Summary
Kokoro 89%
The Japanese call the heart's quiet intelligence kokoro. Here is how to hear it.
by Beth Kempton 2022
4.13
648 ratings
🎐 Japanese Philosophy🧘 Contemplative Living🍂 Embracing Impermanence
In Praise of Risk
by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
4.12
613
🧠 Continental Philosophy🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought✍️ Essay Collections
In Praise of Risk Summary
In Praise of Risk 89%
To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011
4.12
613 ratings
🧠 Continental Philosophy🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought✍️ Essay Collections
Time and the Soul
by Jacob Needleman • 1997
Chronic hurry is a symptom, not a scheduling problem: you're living a life that isn't yours.
3.92
119
⏳ Philosophy Of Time🕊️ Spiritual Psychology💡 Meaning Over Productivity
Time and the Soul Summary
Time and the Soul 89%
Chronic hurry is a symptom, not a scheduling problem: you're living a life that isn't yours.
by Jacob Needleman 1997
3.92
119 ratings
⏳ Philosophy Of Time🕊️ Spiritual Psychology💡 Meaning Over Productivity
Uh-oh
by Robert Fulghum • 1991
Life's philosophy lives inside your refrigerator door and in the first sound you ever made.
4.13
3k+
🧠 Everyday Philosophy✍️ Personal Essays✨ Finding Wonder
Uh-oh Summary
Uh-oh 89%
Life's philosophy lives inside your refrigerator door and in the first sound you ever made.
by Robert Fulghum 1991
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Everyday Philosophy✍️ Personal Essays✨ Finding Wonder
The Art of Spiritual Writing
by Vinita Hampton Wright • 2013
Spiritual writing needs craft, not just calling. Skills that make your prose impossible to ignore.
4.32
136
✍️ Spiritual Writing🙏 Faith And Creativity✝️ Christian Spirituality
The Art of Spiritual Writing Summary
The Art of Spiritual Writing 89%
Spiritual writing needs craft, not just calling. Skills that make your prose impossible to ignore.
by Vinita Hampton Wright 2013
4.32
136 ratings
✍️ Spiritual Writing🙏 Faith And Creativity✝️ Christian Spirituality
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