Noticing the Divine

Noticing the Divine - An Introduction to Interfaith Spiritual Guidance
By John Mabry
Published by Morehouse Publishing

John Mabry is a professor of comparative religions, an author and spiritual guide. He has written several books including Faith Styles: Ways People Believe and I believe in a God Who is Growing. Mabry presents this text as an introduction to the world of spiritual guidance from an interfaith perspective. He takes a fundamental principle from each major religion covered and shows the reader how this principle can be used as a counseling tool. Using this technique, we take a journey into each faith, from story telling in native spirituality to discernment in Zoroastrianism. 

The reader is not overwhelmed with historical information, nor are they overburdened with doctrine. We are given just enough information to understand where each "spriritual tool" comes from and how it is practical in a spiritual guidance setting. This is interspersed with anecdotes from real life counseling sessions, to illustrate how valuable a certain technique can be. 
Mabry emphasizes the need to use different techniques with different clients yet does not push any style or technique more than another. He truly gives a fair hearing to all faith traditions which makes this text invaluable to any spiritual practitioner.