Recommended Books

Description "Remarkable . . . a vision for the future that is decidedly not the way we've always done it but instead shaped by the way of Jesus and his...

We are pleased to announce the release of You Will Be My Bishop, the newly published memoir of the Right Reverend Frank Stanley Cerveny, the sixth bishop of Florida.  Through...

February 2026 First Monday Book Club Selection at St. John's Cathedral Bookstore & Gift Shop An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and...

EFM CLASSIC YEAR 1, CORE TEXT #2 for 2025-2026 Women of the Bible have been trapped in dry and dusty literary caskets for centuries--but no more. In a groundbreaking book,...

How can we love and serve God with gladness and singleness of heart?For more than a decade, Episcopal priest Christopher H. Martin has studied and explored this question. Building upon...

We have a few signed copies of the book from the November 13, 2025 Eliza Griswold author event at Christ Church Ponte Vedra. A Pulitzer Prize winner's intimate portrait of...

Recommended in November 2023 by Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves at Diocesan Convention for the Diocese of Florida. Created by Pádraig Ó Tuama five years ago, the Spirituality of Conflict website is...

Sunday morning St. John's Cathedral formation study for inquirers or new Episcopalians or February 2024   Part of the well-established Welcome to... series from Morehouse Publishing, this book addresses church history from...

"What is prayer? It's not a passport to heaven. If anything, it's a way of seeing here, a way of being here." In Being Here, acclaimed poet and theologian Pádraig Ó...

2024 CONFIRMAND BOOK STUDY, ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, JACKSONVILLE, FL Winner of a 2019 Illumination Book Award for Theology Take a journey through The Book of Common Prayer, the Christian life, and...

THE BISHOP'S INSTITUTE IN THE DIOCESE OF FLORIDA WILL HOST A ONLINE WEBINAR WITH THE AUTHOR AND LUCINDA MOSHER, DIOCESAN ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS OFFICER, ON NOVEMBER 4 (BOOK LAUNCH DATE)....

You will go from laughter to tears in this very intimate story written by a Hospice nurse about her experiences. Written from the heart, this book captures the spirits of...

March 2026 First Monday Book Club selection NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of...

FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB 2023 SELECTION Not only accepting but also celebrating getting old, this inspirational and illuminating book looks at the many facets of the aging process, from purposes...

August 2026 First Monday Book Club selection One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why…His name...

May 2026 First Monday Book Club selection Music, intoxication, and betrayal combine in this “immersive, impassioned” (The Guardian) debut novel inspired by the true story of Anna Maria della Pietà,...

Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community draws on the spiritual practices of Northern Ireland's longest established peace and reconciliation organisation. For over fifty years, it has been bringing fractured communities...

Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition...

AUGUST 2025 FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from...

Spring Book Study 2024, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Jacksonville, FL and Cerveny Speaker, St. John's Cathedral, May 2024 Although Easter is the most significant event in the Christian...

AUTHOR LAURA IAROCCI WILL BE LEADING THE ART OF CHURCH FLOWERS DEMONSTRATION AND WORKSHOP AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ON OCTOBER 18. LAURA'S BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER AND WILL BE...

Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise, revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary, that helps provide clarity to the timeless question "what is art?""A revised and expanded 25th-anniversary edition...

Recommended reading for Monday morning 2023 Centering Prayer Zoom meeting at St. John's Cathedral Every commentary on the Book of Psalms has had to face the issue that many of...

OCTOBER 2024 FIRST MONDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it....

June 2026 First Monday Book Club selection “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review“Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and...

RECOMMENDED BY THE REV. DR. LINDA PRIVITERA, ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for...

September 2026 First Monday Book Club selection Called “tremendously entertaining” (The New York Times) Stephanie Storey’s brilliant bestselling debut, brings early 16th-century Florence, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti alive...

WINNER--2020 Best Indie Book Awards, Non-Fiction: Caregiving Caring for a parent, spouse, or relative who cannot care for themselves due to age, infirmity, or illness is one of the noblest...

In times of mingled hope and despair, of longing for the sacred combined with disillusionment, the image of Mary continues to hold tremendous appeal. Not only the mother of Jesus,...

A New York Times Bestseller, chosen as Oprah's "Books That Help Me Through" for Oprah's Book Club "No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to...

Recommended reading for Monday morning 2023 Centering Prayer Zoom class at St. John's Cathedral. This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half...

New York Times bestselling author and Duke University professor Kate Bowler offers a profound, funny, and deeply human case for joy that doesn’t depend on everything getting better.“Joyful, Anyway is...

From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar...

FR. TOM O'DELL'S CATHEDRAL STAFF PICK FOR 2026 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay...

A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence WinnerRECOMMENDED BY...

A groundbreaking exposé showing how the arts—alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature—are the forgotten fifth pillar of healthFrom cradle to grave, engaging in the arts has remarkable effects on our...

*A GUARDIAN, GQ AND PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A Pilgrim's Progress for our time . . . A captivating narrative of discovery' Telegraph'One of those books I find myself being (excuse the pun) evangelical about, pressing it into...

July 2026 First Monday Book Club selection New York Times Bestseller - Barnes & Noble 2025 Book of the Year - Boston Globe Best Book of the Year - National Indie Bestseller - Top...

'Claire's honest, raw, authentic diaries will be a source of comfort to many'- Miranda Hart  At the age of 54 Claire Gilbert was diagnosed with myeloma, an incurable cancer of...

Cathedral Quarterly Recommended Book, 2024 Stay spiritually grounded and open to divine wisdom as you shape your life. "To make wise decisions, we need the aid of that wise and...