books about: monastic     books:       Touched by God: Ten Monastic Journeys Burns & Oates, 2008 Today people find the monastic life exceptionally compelling. The Rule of St. Benedict is widely studied and applied outside the confines of the monastery. Following the huge success of the BBC TV series The Monastery , people have looked at the monastic life as a means of healing, of disciplined living and of people coming to terms with themselves and their own personal truths. Here are ten people who have taken monastic vows giving a deeply ...             Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants3 reviews Dennis Okholm Brazos Press, 2007 fresh, thoughtful, nourishing It's rare to find find a book that does so many things so well. It is interesting, personal, and engaging. It is thoughtful and well-written. And it is full to the brim with spiritual insights. Read a bit each day, sip it alongside your morning cup of coffee, savor each insight, and you'll find your life just gets better and better. A delight.             In This House of Brede42 reviews Rumer Godden Loyola Press, 2005 I have read this book over 20 times My first copy of this book was a used paperback that was given to me when I was about 10. I read it and read it until it was falling apart. (I was excited when I found a hardback copy in a used bookstore a few years ago.) To this day, (30 years later) I still love this book. I can pick it up and read it cover to cover, or just open it and read from that chapter. I am not a very spiritual ...             The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript270 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 1994 murder mystery masterpiece This story very much appealed to the role-playing game aficionado in me. The atmosphere felt both elaborate and decrepit with a tinge of ancient tradition. The period and location definitely played a major role in dressing the characters. As a consequence, they are left with no choice but to exhibit their true nature. Carefully planned but never felt contrived. Exquisite example of Eco handiwork.             An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere ...41 reviews Nancy Klein Maguire PublicAffairs, 2006 Excellent. A literary and religious breakthrough simply excellent. Couldn't put it down until finished. profound, moving and direct. one has to admire her five subjects and others involved----and the author who told their individual and collective story. Jim Whalen             New Monasticism: What It Has to Say to Today's Church1 review Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Brazos Press, 2008 Fresh and helpful The book brings fresh air to todays christian spirituality and ethics. I think that new monastic communities have a lot to show to the church, like the old monastic tradition, this movement is a reformation of christianity, and can help us to fight the dark age that is raising this violent time. As a member of a community in formation, I really apreciate this book.             Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life5 reviews Abbot Christopher Jamison Liturgical Press, 2006 Absorbing Benedict's Insights In this work, Christopher Jamison, abbot of a Benedictine monastery near London and host of the acclaimed BBC documentary series The Monastery, offers monastic steps for "people of all religious beliefs and those with none." Few will be able to simply read this book, but instead will find themselves absorbing it. Jamison explains that the Rule of Benedict is not a rule book at all, but "a book ...             Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals24 reviews Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw Zondervan, 2008 This is no gimmick. This is solid bibilcal scholarship. When I first saw the title, I thought, "Here's someone who came up with an intriguing catch phrase so they could sell a book during an election year." I couldn't have been more wrong. This book is serious. It carries a high reverence for God and a high respect of the truth of the Scriptures. It packages 4,000 plus years of political and religious history in a way that is easy to comprehend, ...             The Cloister Walk57 reviews Kathleen Norris Riverhead Trade, 1997 Mertonian in Character Folks, I've been listening to the audio version of _The Cloister Walk_, by Kathleen Norris and I have to say that I like what I am hearing. Ms. Norris is an Episcopalian--her bio says she started as a Presbyterian--imbued with an exquisite spirit for things Benedictine and monastic, granted to her by the Holy Spirit through her call as a Benedictine Oblate, which makes us colleagues of sorts, ...             A Time to Keep Silence (New York Review Books Classics)3 reviews Patrick Leigh Fermor NYRB Classics, 2007 "The Inner Empire" "A Time To Keep Silence" is travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor's beautifully written account of visits to a number of European monasteries (Benedictine and Cistercian) and later to the ruins of an even older Turkish desert community in his efforts to understand the continuing appeal of the monastic way of life. An outsider, Fermor frankly acknowledges his contemporary bias, making it clear he's ...             Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy (Loyola Classics Series)10 reviews Rumer Godden Loyola Press, 2007 a joy to read Often I give away a book, especially fiction, once I've read it. Not this book. I have bought aeveral to give to my friends and without exception, each of my friends had to get the book to give to their friends. This is a story packed with reality, mercy and new beginnings - it overflows with hope even when things for the central character seem at the worst. I so appreciate Godden's ...             The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness3 reviews Mary C. Earle Morehouse Publishing, 2007 Mary Earle has done it again. What she did for Celtic Christian spirituality and Benedictine practice in her previous books--combine rich historical and theological background with practical ways to engage a particular way of praying--Mary Earle does here for the tradition of the "desert mothers." She introduces us to some remarkable 4th century women (less well known but no less wise than their male counterparts), and ...             How to Be a Monastic And Not Leave Your Day Job: An Invitation to Oblate Life (Voice from the Monastery)15 reviews Brother Benet Tvedten Paraclete Press (MA), 2006 STRONG ADVICE FOR ALL OF US NEEDING TO RESTORE THE SENSE OF THE SACRED AND ITS PRACTICE INTO OUR SECULAR AND BUSY LIVES This book of course cannot set up a monastic schedule coordinating with your particular work and family life, as the variety is far too great within the intended audience of lay persons. FOr this you really need an individual Oblate Director and your own intense and daily prayer commitment in order to discern, discover and to realize all the ways and slow paths to conversion by which the ancient ...             The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women4 reviews Laura Swan Paulist Press, 2001 way better than I expected I would like to say I really enjoyed this book. I found it interesting to hear several different backgrounds and also a lot of common ground placed among these forgotten desert mothers.             The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery18 reviews Janwillem van de Wetering St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 how many books have been written about my 'trip to zen'? too many - this is one of the first and is the BEST. period.             School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism (New Monastic Library: Resources for Radical ...1 review Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2005 An ancient breeze... An ancient breeze is beginning to blow in unexpected places in North America. While monastic spirituality and institutions have been part of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox communions for centuries, some North American Protestants are beginning to explore this approach to spirituality and community. Inspired by traditional monastic forms and disciplines as well as some Anabaptist traditions, ...             How to Cook Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment1 review Eihei Dogen, Kosho Uchiyama Roshi Shambhala, 2005 Cook Your Life! This book was recommended to me by my teacher. It is Master Dogen's instructions to the tenzo (cook), and I think it is the most accessible of all of Master Dogen's writings. Set in the context of serving in a monastery kitchen centuries ago, there are many relevant and practical teachings for practitioners today. Kosho Uchiyama Roshi's commentary makes sure of that. Highly recommended!             The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century (Shambhala Library)5 reviews Thomas Merton Shambhala, 2004 Inspirational As adorable as it is, it's hard to report on it. Merton here captures nearly 150 snippets of life in the desert, stories from the early church hermits. It is entirely narrative, ranging from sentence-long to page-long vignettes about the lives of those who sought to know on the Lord. At first I though I would list the numbers of all the stories that I found significant or inspirational, but ...             The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy13 reviews Penelope Wilcock Crossway Books, 2000 Beloved, essential This book is beautiful in every respect. The stories are truly new -- by that I mean that there is absolutely nothing that is cliched or commonplace. The writing is crystalline and beautiful but also simple. But these are lesser things compared to the wonderful themes in this story. There is the theme of humility, portrayed in such a way that we understand that forgiveness, and reconciliation ...             Passing from Self to God: A Cistercian Retreat (Monastic Wisdom Series)1 review Robert Thomas Cistercian Publications, 2006 Encouragement This book gently leads a person into an acceptance of frailties without guilt-mongering. It was refreshing and uplifting.              search for books benedictine, christian, cistercian, classics, cloister, conversion, discipleship, enlightenment, everyday, experiences, forgotten, including, invitation, japanese, monastery, monastic, monasticism, ordinary, politics, postscript, practices, president, protestants, radicals, resources, sanctuary, shambhala, spiritual, spirituality, wilderness books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen camera & photo: Opteka 30.5mm High Definition² UV (0) Ultra Violet Haze Multi-Coated Glass ... 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