My favorites . . .
BOOKS
To Bless the Space Between Us, John O’Donohue
Anything by Raymond Carver
Cider House Rules, John Irving
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women’s Spirituality & Claiming the Spirit Within: A Sourcebook of Women’s Poetry, Marilyn Sewell (Every woman should own these books.)
Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When the Heart Waits, Sue Monk Kidd
WRITING BOOKS
On Writing, Stephen King
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions, James Pennebaker
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative, Vivian Gornick
Writing Alone and With Others & How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice, Pat Schneider
Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
POETS & WRITERS
WRITING WEBSITES
Carnegie Center (webinars and workshops)
Craft Talks (resources, webinars, etc.)
Jane Friedman (leading expert on all things publishing)
HerStry (resources, webinars, contests, etc.)
StoryWorth (especially good for older adults ready to tell their life stories)
The Sun Magazine (some of the best writing around)
Writers Digest Magazine (nuts and bolts of the writing life; submission and contest lists, etc.)
SPIRITUALITY
Center for Action and Contemplation (Richard Rohr)
Center for Courage and Renewal (Parker Palmer)
Institute for Spirituality and Health
Carrie Newcomer (singer/songwriter)
John Philip Newell (Celtic spirituality)
On Being Podcast (Krista Tippett)
St. Mary’s Sewanee Retreat Center
Wisdom Tree Collective (spiritual direction training program with which I’m affiliated)
VARIOUS & SUNDRY
Catherine Anderson/Creative Pilgrimage (artist, teacher, mentor)
The Atlantic Magazine (solid writing on culture and society)
Arthur Brooks (social scientist)
Amy Lyles Wilson | Writer, Story Coach, and Creative Companion 