About the Author: Apocryphile Press

Rev. John R. Mabry, PhD is a United Church of Christ pastor currently serving Grace North Church (UCC/NACCC) in Berkeley, CA. He is also the director of the Interfaith Spiritual Direction Certificate Program at the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA where he also teaches comparative theology. He is the author of many books on spirituality and spiritual guidance. He lives in Oakland with his wife and many, many dogs.
  • Queer Icons from LGBTQ Life, Religion and History

    By Published On: August 30, 2023

    Heavenly LGBTQ+ highlights the role of LGBTQ+ people in the Russia-Ukraine war and puts it into a broader context.

  • Using Our Spiritual Gifts to Change the World

    By Published On: August 30, 2023

    Do you feel your spiritual life is dry, ineffectual, and lifeless? Ready for new, life-changing experiences? Take a deep dive into a life-changing book.

  • Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-Time Religion

    By Published On: August 30, 2023

    Why do relatively few people in the burgeoning psychedelic renaissance connect chemically induced  mystical states with their own religious traditions?

  • A Values Revolution in Everyday Life in a Time of Societal Collapse

    By Published On: July 4, 2023

    Are you fed up with an activism that isn’t truly transformative?

  • By Published On: July 4, 2023

    The Psalms are not fluffy poetry read by a Shakespeare actor in tights and a puffy shirt.

  • By Published On: July 4, 2023

    Uneasy about religion but not sure why? A God of Our Invention will make it clear.

  • By Published On: April 26, 2023

    Walking with the Spiritual but Not Religious takes a fresh look at being a spiritual companion for those who self-identify as something other than religious—SBNR, Nones, not religious, agnostics, atheists, people who have experienced something unexplainable, and those who have encountered the paranormal (religious or otherwise).

  • By Published On: April 26, 2023

    Saints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in 'Heavenly Homos, Etc'. by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith, courage, and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear, concise style packs a whole pantheon of saints into a single user-friendly volume.

  • By Published On: April 26, 2023

    This book explains the beginnings of Calvinism and the later individuals who played a significant role in its perpetuation. Many contradictions are discussed.

  • By Published On: February 22, 2023

    Inhabitants of planet Earth are confronted with the reality that by 2050, or sooner, large parts of the Earth could be uninhabitable.

  • By Published On: February 22, 2023

    What if you knew exactly how you would die — what if everyone in town did?

  • Discover Your True Nature & Get Shift Moving

    By Published On: February 22, 2023

    Spiritual Constipation is a breath of fresh air in an often-musty genre.

  • By Published On: August 8, 2022

    God is not an idea to be grasped but a presence to be enjoyed. This is the central message of the 14th-century mystical text The Cloud of Unknowing, which many readers today find less-than-accessible due to the medieval milieu in which it was written.

  • By Published On: August 8, 2022

    Baptizing buzzards! Preaching to pigeons! Clancy is a rat on a mission from God… to bring the Gospel to the various non-human animals that roam the churchyard of St. Aloysius

  • A Journey from Holy Shit to Spiritual Healing

    By Published On: August 8, 2022

    Uncover the dark power of toxic spirituality and its lingering influence on your life… and learn how to access a new intimacy with yourself and a renewed, free, and life-sustaining spirituality.

  • Meditations on the Epistle of James

    By Published On: June 8, 2022

    The Epistle of James is the most practical book of the Bible. Every word in the epistle is directly relevant to contemporary living, offering lessons about life drawn from life—topics such as riches and poverty, speech and anger, faith and works, patience and hope.

  • By Published On: June 8, 2022

    Did you grow up in the world of Christian fundamentalism or evangelicalism? Have you grown uncomfortable in those traditions?

  • Enriching Life Through Shamanic Practices

    By Published On: June 8, 2022

    Sally and Steve combine a rich mixture of multi-disciplines from careers, theological education, and shamanic training that coalesce to offer wisdom and experience for your spiritual development.

  • Following Jesus in Our Wild, Infinite Creation

    By Published On: April 22, 2022

    How can we possibly find our purpose if everything that can happen does happen? See how Jesus is more relevant than ever in the dizzying, infinite multiverse.

  • By Published On: April 22, 2022

    Awarded BOOK OF THE YEAR in the category of Speculative Fiction by the Bisexual Writers' Association! Four chaplaincy students attend a mysterious alien ritual. Four lives are shattered beyond recognition…

  • Moving Beyond the Caricature We've Created in Our Own Image

    By Published On: April 21, 2022

    How are we supposed to worship a deity who wantonly slaughters innocents to assuage His own bloodthirsty rage? Thank the loving God revealed in the pages of Setting God Free that Seán ÓLaoire has finally unpacked the horror show known as “the difficult passages” of the Bible, giving readers access to a cosmology built not on canonical scripture alone, but also on science, spirituality, and personal experience.

  • By Published On: March 14, 2022

    Will democracy in America prevail, or will it be usurped by a confluence of fascism and evangelical Christianity?

  • Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding

    By Published On: March 14, 2022

    What can Christianity learn from Shamanism? What can Shamanism learn from Christianity? The conversation starts here…

  • A Guide to Self-Discovery and Community Building in Small Groups

    By Published On: March 14, 2022

    Wisdom Circles shows readers how to form their own wisdom circles with friends and community members based on ten simple guidelines.