The Journal
Feast days, holy seasons, and where to begin with the great sacred lives. Every entry stands in its own right, and every one opens a door to the shelf.
Christian Lives
Corrie ten Boom: Remembering Her on April 15
Corrie ten Boom has no official feast day, but April 15, her birth and death date, is widely kept in her honor. Here's how.
Saint Benedict of Nursia: Where to Start Reading His Life
New to Saint Benedict of Nursia? Here is where to start: the best biography, the Rule for beginners, and a free first volume of his life.
St. Teresa of Avila: A Life in Three Volumes
St. Teresa of Avila's whole life across three volumes, the restless novice, the road-worn reformer, and the mystic who mapped the soul.
St. Joan of Arc: Feast Day, Life, and Legacy
St. Joan of Arc's feast day is May 30, the anniversary of her death at Rouen. Her life, patronage, and how the faithful keep her day.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Three-Volume Life for Readers Who Want the Whole Man
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life in three volumes: formation, resistance, and legacy. Start free and find where his story of costly grace begins for you.
John Wesley's Feast Day: March 3 and Aldersgate Day, May 24
John Wesley is kept on March 3 with brother Charles in the Anglican calendar, and remembered every May 24 as Aldersgate Day. Here is why, and what to read.
Corrie ten Boom: A Three-Volume Life, and Where to Begin
Corrie ten Boom's full story in three volumes, Haarlem, Ravensbrück, and sixty nations of ministry. Start free with the Invitation volume.
Saint Benedict of Nursia: Feast Day, July 11 and March 21
Saint Benedict of Nursia's feast day, why the Church keeps two dates, how Benedictines mark it, and what to read to know the father of Western monasticism.
St. Teresa of Avila: Where to Begin Reading Her Life and Works
Confused about The Life, Interior Castle, and translations? Start with St. Teresa of Avila the person, not the theology, and the rest opens up.
St. Joan of Arc: A Catholic Biography in Three Volumes
The full life of St. Joan of Arc, Domremy, her voices, her mission, her trial, and her fire, told across three volumes, free to begin.
St. Seraphim of Sarov: His Life in Three Books
Meet St. Seraphim of Sarov, the Wonderworker of Sarov, through a three-volume life, his formation, his hermitage, and his teaching that endures.
Fr. Seraphim Rose: Where to Begin Reading His Life
New to Hieromonk Seraphim Rose? Start here: which book comes first, is he a saint, and how his conversion still speaks to seekers today.
Saint Patrick: The Real Story Behind the Legend (Full Biography)
Saint Patrick was no Irishman with a shamrock, he was a kidnapped Roman-British boy who became Ireland's apostle. Read his real life in three volumes.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: Feast Day September 23 Explained
When is Padre Pio's feast day, why September 23, his patronages, and how the faithful keep it with Mass, confession, and the novena.
Saint John the Baptist: The Forerunner's Life in Three Volumes
A reverent three-volume life of Saint John the Forerunner, from his hidden years to his martyrdom and his enduring intercession. Start free.
Eastern Lives
Baal Shem Tov Yahrzeit & Chai Elul: The Besht's Sacred Days
When the Baal Shem Tov died, why his yahrzeit falls on Shavuot, what Chai Elul celebrates, and how Hasidim keep both days today.
Sant Mirabai: Where to Begin the Life of Meera Bai
New to Sant Mirabai? Start with her true story, the poison, the songs, Dwarka, and read Volume One's Invitation free before anything else.
Adi Shankaracharya: The Life Behind the Light That Did Not Go Out
Adi Shankaracharya's full story in three volumes: the child, the Digvijaya, the living teaching. Start with the free Invitation volume.
Guru Nanak Jayanti: Gurpurab, the Feast of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
When Guru Nanak Jayanti falls, why the date moves, and how Sikhs keep Gurpurab with Akhand Path, Nagar Kirtan, and langar.
Siddhartha Gautama: Where to Begin Reading About the Buddha
New to the Buddha? Start where the story starts, free, with the Invitation to a three-volume life of Siddhartha Gautama.
Li Hongzhi: World Falun Dafa Day and the Life Behind May 13
Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Dafa, why May 13 is kept as his birthday and the practice's founding, and what to read for it.
Where to Begin with Sri Krishna: A Reader's First Step
New to Sri Krishna? Start with the free Invitation volume, the gentle, accurate first step before the Gita, the Bhagavatam, and the epic.
Papaji Jayanti & Mahasamadhi: Remembering Sri H. W. L. Poonja
How Papaji (H.W.L. Poonja) is remembered on Jayanti and Mahasamadhi, his link to Ramana Maharshi, and the biography that opens the door to his life.
Seasons of the House
Christmas: The Nativity Feast and the Lives That Belong to It
What Christmas celebrates, how the season is kept, and the saints' lives, Mary, Nicholas, Francis, and more, that open its door.
Do All Religions Lead to the Same Truth? Saints Who Bridged Faiths
Do all paths lead to one God? Meet the saints and sages, Ramakrishna, Sai Baba, Francis, Rumi, Nanak, who lived the answer.
Advent: What the Season Means and How to Keep It
Advent explained: its meaning, dates, wreath and candles, home traditions, and the lives on our shelf that belong to a season of waiting.