Author. Speaker. Spiritual Direction.

Books

The Making of a Mystic

There is an increasing interest in the mystics, contemplative faith, and what it feels like in real life. We have teachers who can explain the path and help us understand, but we need guides who have experienced the path and who can show us how it unfolds. This is what The Making of a Mystic is all about.

The Joy of Letting Go

One of the great living mystics, Father Richard Rohr, writes, “All great spirituality is somehow about letting go.” Can we feel the truth of this statement resonate in the center of our being so powerfully, that we are almost forced to ask the natural question that follows: How? How is each life-altering step of the great spiritual journey somehow about letting go? Well, this book is the answer to that question.

  • “By telling the story of his spiritual journey, Kevin sparked my own spiritual curiosity and hunger.”

    Brian D. McLaren | Author of Do I Stay Christian?

  • “If you are intrigued by the idea of apprenticing with one who is becoming a mystic, Kevin is your guide. As for me, I’m all in!”

    Suzanne Stabile | Author of The Path Between Us and The Journey Toward Wholeness

  • “That's why I'm grateful for Kevin Sweeney, a seasoned spiritual guide who has done the work on the topics of mysticism, both in theory and in practice.”

    Jonathan Merritt | Contributing writer for The Atlantic and author of Learning to Speak God from Scratch

  • "Kevin Sweeney has not been working on growing a popular public platform. Instead, he has cultivated the inner peace and joy of a mystic yielding himself to God and embracing the uncontrollable world and reality we navigate every day.”

    Drew G. I. Hart, Ph.D. | Author of Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God's Justice, Love, and Deliverance and Co-host of Inverse Podcast

  • “Through captivating stories from his own journey and practical wisdom, Sweeney walks the reader on a path towards profound spiritual depth and a renewed sense of joy and awe at life.”

    Brandan Robertson | Author, Filled to Be Emptied: The Path of Liberation for Privileged People

  • "Kevin Sweeney's The Joy of Letting Go is a vulnerable, wise, brave, accessible book; the rare transformational work that will actually change you if you open yourself up to it.”

    Jonathan Martin | Author of The Road Away from God and How to Survive a Shipwreck, Chaplain at DePauw University

So many people walking away from the church are actually walking away from a faith that is too narrow, a God who is too small, and church that is too exclusive.

Through his own teachings, and conversations with innovative spiritual thinkers and leaders, Kevin is helping imagine a more hopeful way forward for the future of faith. This is what “The Church Needs Therapy” podcast is about.

Kevin Sweeney has the imagination of a poet, the heart of a mystic, and an unrelenting commitment to be a guide for other people’s journey.