Silence, Solitude, Simplicity A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World

Name: Silence, Solitude, Simplicity A Hermit's Love Affair with a Noisy, Crowded, and Complicated World
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ISBN: 9780814631850

ISBN-10: 0814631851

ISBN-13: 9780814631850

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeremy Hall, Kathleen Norris, Kathleen Norris

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"Well all need God," Sister Jeremy says in her first sentence, and readers of all sorts will find here a warm and practical address to that need. The monastic way is not forsaking the world, but for the sake of the world, and Sister Jeremy's Benedictine wisdom is fundamental human wisdom. Her book is the fruit of decades of practice, and the spiritual journey she recounts is nobody's but hers--which makes it, paradoxically, something from which everyone can learn. "I did" is much more effective teaching than "one might" or "you should." There is nothing musty, cobwebbed, or nostalgic in these pages. Sister Jeremy, in her late 80s, is totally alert to the world around her and within us. She…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 6/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.38" wide x 8.25" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Kathleen Norris is the award-winning author of "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith"; "The Cloister Walk"; & the forthcoming "The Virgin of Bennington". She lives in South Dakota & Hawaii.



Editors' Preface


Foreword




A Benedictine Way to God



Desire: A Homesickness at Home



The Paschal Journey



Essentials for the Journey


Obedience


Silence


Humility


Prayer


Lectio



Fruits of Monastic Life


Service


Reconciliation and Healing


Peace



Desert Spirituality



The Desert: Place of Meeting



Silence and the Word



Solitude and Community



Simplicity and Inner Riches



Fruits of Desert Spirituality



God's Questions



Where Are You?



What Are You Looking For?



Who Do You Say That I Am?



Will You Turn Back and Live?



Where Is Your Faith?



Can You Drink This Cup?



Do You Love Me?


Acknowledgments


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