Books By Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion
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Praying the Labyrinth: A Journal for Spiritual Exploration. Cleveland: Pilgrim
Press, 1999.
- Based on Jill's
experiences of praying the Labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this book
invites the reader to explore her/his own spiritual experiences
both on and off the labyrinth.
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Living the Labyrinth:101 Paths to a Deep Connection with the Sacred. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 2000.
- This book encourages
readers to expand the ways in which they explore the labyrinth. Full
of helpful ideas for individual and group use of the labyrinth.
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The Labyrinth and the Enneagram: Circling into Prayer. Co-authored with
Elizabeth Nagel. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2001.
- Readers are given
an orientation to the enneagram and an explanation of its nine positions,
as well as exercises on the labyrinth to identify barriers within. From
these experiences, readers will enjoy the transformation that arises
from new learning and insight. Space for journaling and reflection is
provided with each experience.
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Labyrinth and Song of Songs. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003.
- Labyrinth
and Song of Songs lays side by side the author’s poetry, prayers
and hymns which were inspired by the labyrinth and the Hebrew Scriptures
love poem “Song of Songs.” Written in the voices of Lover,
Beloved and Friends, both works are personal, provocative, and invitational.
Delight, longing, and love rise up to greet the reader.
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Pondering the Labyrinth: Questions to Pray on the Path. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 2003.
- This book was
written in response to expressed needs for resources that could be
used at a labyrinth. Divided into four sections, About Labyrinths,
Questions to Ponder As You Experience the Labyrinth, Questions to
Ponder Away from the Labyrinth, and Questions to Ponder for Special
Reasons, this book is highly accessible. Those encountering the labyrinth
for the first time will find their questions answered while those
who have been using the labyrinth will discover new approaches to
their labyrinth experiences.
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Christian Prayer and Labyrinths: Pathways to Faith, Hope and Love. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 2004.
- Geoffrion has created another groundbreaking
book designed specifically for Christians who would like to use the
labyrinth for personal meditation or communal Christian worship.
She begins with a brief summary of the Christian history of labyrinths,
and from there, offers both Hebrew and Christian Scripture texts
with a question and prayer connected to each Scripture. There is
also a section on experiencing Christ in the labyrinth that contains
prayers and poems. Several line drawings of labyrinths and journal
sheets are included. (Pilgrim Press)
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Praying the Chartres Labyrinth: A Pilgrim's Guide. Cleveland:
Pilgrim Press, 2006.
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This
book is meant to serve as a guide to pilgrimage, Chartres Cathedral
and the Chartres labyrinth as well as a journal in which the pilgrim
can record experiences and the spiritual significance of these.
Each page includes a poem that brings a relevant topic into focus.
Above it is a related image. Below it is a suggestion of how to
explore one’s inner
landscape as well as space in which to get started.
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A Pilgrim's Journal: Chartres Cathedral. Wayzata, MN, Faith, Hope & Love Press, 2008.
A 75 page journal designed for pilgrims to Chartres. Each page is graced with a watermark photo from a special part of the cathedral, a journal sentence starter, and an area designated for prayer. $25.00, shipping included. Order directly from Jill.

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Resources for Praying (Self Published)
Praying Can Be: Embodied
Explorations of the Lord's Prayer.
- The work illustrates
how difficult and yet meaningful it can be for a contemporary Christian
to pray one of the ancient prayers of her/his tradition. Attention is
given throughout to the embodied experience of prayer and the connective
possibilities of the activity of praying.
Embracing the Questions:
A Resource for Exploring
- "What question
will help me be who I want to be--for myself, for others, for God?"
Each page of this book offers a different question and leaves room
for responses.
Why Not Pray?
- Springing from
personal and biblical touchstones, these short devotional thoughts and
original black and white mandalas invite the reader to pray about anything
and everything.
Psalms: Then and Now.
- Written in response
to images, emotions and challenges of the biblical Psalms, these one
hundred and fifty contemporary psalms invite the reader to pray openly
and honestly.
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Answers to questions asked about Jill's books.
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