Awake My Soul

Dr. Grant J. Scarborough chronicles his life as a doctor dedicated to serving the poor and advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ through healthcare. Awake My Soul is full of resonant stories of faith, family, and adventures in medicine.

In Awake My Soul, editor James Martin, SJ, offers a meaningful collection of fascinating essays focusing on Catholic devotions and their place in the life of contemporary believers. Originally published as part of a Lenten series in America magazine, each essay discusses a favorite Catholic devotion, its history, its place in an individual's life, and its role in the life of today's Catholics.Awake My Soul features some of today's top Catholic writers celebrating traditional Catholic devotions such as the rosary, the stations of the cross, holy water, novenas, relics, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and more. Contributors include Ron Hansen; Emilie Griffin; Joan Chittister, O.S.B.; and Eric Stoltz.

Following her meditations for year A, which was highly recommended by Anglican World, Nancy Roth gives us another volume of historical vignettes and thoughtful meditations on hymns for each week in Year B. The reader will want to have a copy of Poems of Grace: Texts of The Hymnal 1982 nearby to refer to the hymn text. Besides being a personal resource for spiritual exercises, these meditations provide stimulating material for preparing bulletin notes, newsletter articles, or sermons. (260 pp)

Beginning with the premise that readers don't have to be saints to be spiritually alive, Jones focuses his attention on 12 ways to find new meaning in everyday experiences. These suggestions are reminders of what believers have forgotten along life's road. He shows readers how turning their thoughts to God can transform daily pressures into spiritual enrichment.

Awake, to worship with the morn, And consecrate thy day new-born Again at eve in prayer be found As shadows curtain earth around. The purpose of Awake My Heart is to aid in constant and practical communication with God and to present Christians with solid, thought-provoking devotional material.

On any Sunday afternoon a traveler through the Deep South might chance upon the rich, full sound of Sacred Harp singing. Aided with nothing but their own voices and the traditional shape-note songbook, Sacred Harp singers produce a sound that is unmistakable--clear and full-voiced. Passed down from early settlers in the backwoods of the Southern Uplands, this religious folk tradition hearkens back to a simpler age when Sundays were a time for the Lord and the “singings.” Illustrated with forty-one songs from the original songbook, The Sacred Harp is a comprehensive account of a unique form of folk music. Buell Cobb’s study encompasses the history of the songbook itself, an analysis of the music, and an intimate portrait of the singers who have kept alive a truly American tradition.