John Michael Talbot's first autobiographical work Late Have I Lived You picks up where his previous two best-selling biographies (Troubadour for the Lord and Signatures) left off. This work includes many new personal recollections from his multi-faceted life without the book becoming cumbersome or indulgent.

Do you need more "God Alone" in your life? The whimsical title of this little book is “Monk Dynasty" but the content is a serious understanding of monastic history in a way that is informative, fun, and engaging for everyone who reads it. Written by the founder of a new, integrated monastic community who has lived the monastic life for nearly 40 years, the lessons presented - from the past and the present - will help you follow Jesus more completely in the midst of this crazy, modern world...

The Journey East is a rich and practical resource, drawing upon the deep wells of the spirituality of the Christian East, by one rooted in the monastic life of the Christian West showing how to breathe with both lungs of the Christian tradition. Arranged as a thirty-six-day itinerary with meditations on different aspects of the spiritual journey, each ending with questions inviting further reflection so that what is offered is made part of our own life and practice, we are led deeper into ...

John Michael Talbot writes from both his own long experience as a renewal leader and from the ancient wisdom of the desert fathers and monastics. With this book he brings a fresh perspective, showing how the gifts of the Spirit are as alive and life-giving today as they were in the early Church. A sound guide for welcoming the spiritual gifts and using them well.

Catholic convert, award-winning Christian musician and monastic founder John Michael Talbot shares the wise guidance and practical help he gained from the one-thousand-year-old Rule and life of St. Romuald. This forty-day journey will show you that no matter what kind of life you lead, peace, prayer, and the presence of God are always available—and closer than you think.

This refrain has reverberated through churches, cathedrals, concert halls, and arenas across America and around the world for decades. Now for the first time, Christian Music pioneer and monastic founder John Michael Talbot leads us in an extended meditation on Mary's Magnificat. This canticle is not only the inspiration for "Holy Is His Name," it has been a daily hallmark of the prayer of the Church for centuries. Join John Michael in this ten-day retreat, and you will unlock the depths o...

Late Have I Loved You, Recollections of a Life - Foreword by Mike Aquilina - is Grammy / Dove award winning, multi-platinum selling, Best-Selling Author John Michael Talbot's first autobiography.

Master singer-storyteller John Michael Talbot’s concert meditations—heard and appreciated by millions of concert-goers over the last half-century—are now available in this unique volume. This collection of parables and stories reveals Talbot’s mystical, monastic heart and gives him an opportunity to present the Christian faith in holy and ordinary language.As John Michael Talbot’s music became more popular over the years, he began to immerse himself in the teachings of the contempl...

Blessings of St. Benedict is a devotional that brings the Rule of St. Benedict to all people of every state of life. In these brief and accessible reflections on this ancient monastic rule, John Michael Talbot offers simple and timeless monastic wisdom for everyone. Dipping into the well of spirituality that is both practical and mystical, this book is designed for both monastics and monastics at heart.

The Lord's Supper is the perfect guide for Catholics who desire to understand the meaning of the Mass more deeply in an easy to read format, and for non-Catholics who are curious and want to learn more about what Catholics believe. Offered in bite-sized portions, utilizing a morning and evening format, with the added assistance of thought-proving questions after each section, The Lord's Supper: A Eucharistic Revival is a book that will, as John Michael writes, "enrich you—so much so that y...

The spirituality and lives of the desert fathers and mothers are often seen as the beginning and end of Christian monastic life. Their stories and messages inspire not only the most devout Christians but also the “nones” and the “dones.” In Desert Dangers and Delights John Michael Talbot reflects on his experience as a spiritual father and a popularizer of Catholic Christian spirituality through his music and teaching. He uses his own stories, Scripture, and the stories and saying...

The life of St. Francis of Assisi was a paradigm of simplicity, humanity, and love. In today's busy world, his practices have enormous appeal, described in this inspiring work by John Michael Talbot, the founder of The Brothers and Sisters of Charity, a lay order based on the Franciscan principles of simplicity and self-sufficiency. In The Lessons Of St. Francis, Talbot and co-author Steve Rabey demonstrate the enduring significance of Fra...