This book details the tremendous journey of self-discovery that I have taken over the past ten years. God has revealed his divine character attributes to me in a number of unique and profound ways. Through many deep spiritual experiences, miracles and revelations, God has shown me the complete way he wants to manifest himself to his creation.

Walking Toward Christmas is for those who love Christmas and want to learn more about it through Bible study and reflection. The book contains twenty-five daily readings for the Advent season, including chapters on Herod the Great, the significance of the flight to Egypt, the historical authenticity of the Nativity, the Old Testament meaning of Jesus' name, and the important role of Mary's cousin Elisabeth. Walking Toward Christmas is a thought-provoking collection of essays that will inform, inspire, and reward the reader. "Skillfully, Patterson has woven historical material together with spiritual principles that can assist us in our 'walk toward Christmas.'" Robert H. Spence, President, Evangel University

For some thirty years Eric Dean, as a layman, husband, parent, Presbyterian minister, Lafollette Professor of Humanities at Wabash College, and as an ecumenical oblate of a Benedictine abbey has reflected on and put into practice the Rule of St. Benedict. In Saint Benedict for the Laity he comments on how the Rule "has important things to say even to those of us who - because we are already committed to lives in the secular sphere - can never think of a monastic vocation. The rule can speak to us of values which, even apart from the daily structures of monastic life, are relevant to our own lives in 'the outside world.' "