With over 500 meditations from across the centuries, this unique collection offers a profoundly absorbing introduction to some of the greatest spiritual guides the world has known and to Christian spirituality in general. Arranged under themes that address people's needs and concerns at the end of the second millennium, this rich and varied collection offers inspiration for all occasions. It is a book that people of all walks of life and all religious persuasions will find both illuminating and challenging, as they meditate on the words of some of the greatest spiritual guides the world has ever known.