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The bestselling author of The Cloister Walk reflects on the
sanctifying possibilities of everyday work and how God is present
in worship and liturgy as well as in ordinary life. Definitely not
"for women only."
"A book of stories, a book of prayer, a book to be read meditatively and well," DAKOTA offers a timeless tribute to a place in the American landscape that is at once desolate and sublime, harsh and forgiving, steeped in history and myth. From the award-winning author of AMAZING GRACE, DAKOTA is Kathleen Norris at her most thoughtful, her most discerning, her best. She gives us, once again, a rare "gift of hope and balance, a place to begin" (Chicago Tribune) and assurance that wherever we go, we chart our own spiritual geography.
A New York Times bestseller for 23 weeks A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A strange and beautiful book...Part memoir, part meditation, it is a remarkable piece of writing." -The Boston Globe "The Cloister Walk is a new opportunity to discover a remarkable writer with a huge, wise heart...Norris resonates deeply for a lot of people: She's one of those writers who demands to be handed around. You want to share this great discovery, giving her work as a gift3/4or you simply shove a copy in the face of a friend, saying 'Read this.'" -Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Part-gardening bible, part-call to action, award-winning authors
Kathleen Norris Brenzel and Mary-Kate Mackey present advice, tips,
and how-tos for gardeners seeking better health, increased
happiness, and stronger communities A gardening book for the times
we live in, The Healthy Garden combines practical advice for
starting a garden with a rare view into how home gardening builds
resilience, personal happiness, and community strength. Filled with
savvy tips from dozens of experts, each chapter celebrates the many
ways gardening works to build health. These professionals and
passionate plant people offer lively insights into landscape
design, soil science, nutrition, and plant choices. With its
can-do, Victory Garden approach, The Healthy Garden is essential
for anyone seeking to live closer to nature in their own backyards
When Dennis Okholm began exploring the roots of contemporary
Benedictine monasticism, he quickly found that St. Benedict has as
much to offer Protestants as he does Roman Catholics. In "Monk
Habits for Everyday People," Okholm--a professor who was raised as
a Pentecostal and a Baptist--uses his profound experience with
Benedictine spirituality to show how it can enrich the lives and
prayer practices of Protestants.
"As a knowledgeable pastor and theologian, Dennis Okholm proves
an excellent guide. . . . This memoir, gentle in tone and often
humorous, is nonetheless full of challenges to Protestant comfort
zones. . . . Okholm reminds us that for all Christians, good
spiritual habits are good for our spiritual health; that 'scripture
is the original rule'; and that Christ is the point of it all, our
true beginning and our end." --Kathleen Norris, author of "The
Cloister Walk" (from the foreword)
"Twenty years in the making, Dennis Okholm's "Monk Habits" is
the perfect introduction to Benedictine spirituality for the
earnest Protestant believer. In taking us on his own journey, he
invites to discover Benedict of Nursia and Benedict's myriad
faithful followers over fifteen centuries. This represents an
important bridge between evangelicalism and Catholicism. Highly
recommended." --Tony Jones, national coordinator of Emergent
Village, author of "The New Christians: Dispatches from the
Emergent Frontier"
"The practices of Benedictine monasticism have several times
brought revitalization and spiritual focus back to the worldwide
church at large. In this informative and irenic book, Dennis Okholm
explains how the 'rule' of Benedict did the same for him personally
as an evangelicalprofessor and Presbyterian minister. The book's
winsome portrait of the Benedictines--and, through their monastic
practices, of Christ--makes for a spiritual feast. The historically
minded will also benefit from Okholm's careful discussion of why
more Protestants should pay greater heed to the Benedictine life."
--Mark A. Noll, coauthor of "Is the Reformation Over? An
Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Catholicism"
Bestseller
For over fifteen hundred years St. Benedict's Rule has been a
source of guidance, support, inspiration, challenge, comfort and
discomfort for men and women. It has helped both those living under
monastic vows and those living outside the cloister in all the mess
and muddle of ordinary, busy lives in the world. Esther de Waal's
"Seeking God" serves as an introduction to this life-giving way and
encourages people to discover for themselves the gift that St.
Benedict can bring to individuals, to the Church, and to the world,
now and in the years to come.
Through this definitive classic Esther de Waal has become known
as an authority for the lay person on the Rule of St. Benedict. Her
ability to communicate clearly the principal values of the Rule
when applied to lay people is the ultimate strength of this book.
She follows each chapter with a page or two of thoughts and
prayers, contributing to its meditative quality.
"Esther de Waal is an Anglican lay woman, married with four sons
and a number of grandchildren. She lives on the Welsh Borders where
she grew up and spends her time gardening, writing, traveling, and
taking retreats. She became interested in Benedictine monasticism
as a result of living for ten years in Canterbury and has written
several books on the Rule of St. Benedict including "a life-Giving
Way," published by The Liturgical Press, 1995. She holds a PhD.
from Cambridge and was given an honorary doctorate from St. John's
University for her contribution to Benedictine studies and for her
ecumenical work. She was awarded the Templeton Prize for having
started the Benedictine Experience weeks which are now widely held
throughout America and England."
The extraordinary "New York Times" bestselling masterpiece from
"one of the most eloquent yet earthbound spiritual writers of our
time ("San Francisco Chronicle").
Kathleen Norris had written several much loved books, yet she
couldn't drag herself out of bed in the morning, couldn't summon
the energy for her daily tasks. Even as she struggled, Norris
recognized her familiar battle with "acedia," a word she had
discovered in early Church text years earlier. Fascinated by this
"noonday demon," so familiar to those in the early and medieval
Church, Norris knew she must restore this forgotten but important
concept to the modern world's vernacular. An examination of acedia
in the light of psychology, spirituality, the healing powers of
religious practice, and Norris's own experience, "Acedia & Me"
is both intimate and historically sweeping, brimming with
exasperation and reverence, sometimes funny, often provocative, and
always insightful.
In Willa Cather's own estimation, My Antonia, first published in 1918, was "the best thing I've ever done." An enduring paperback bestseller on Houghton Mifflin's literary list, this hauntingly eloquent classic now boasts a new foreword by Kathleen Norris, Cather's soulmate of the plains. Infused with a gracious passion for the land, My Antonia embraces its uncommon subject - the hardscrabble life of the pioneer woman on the prairie - with poetic certitude, rendering a deeply moving portrait of an entire community. Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the Nebraska heartland with all its insistent bonds. Guiding the way are some of literature's most beguiling characters: the Russian brothers plagued by memories of a fateful sleigh ride, Antonia's desperately homesick father and self-indulgent mother, and the coy Lena Lingard. Holding the pastoral society's heart, of course, is the bewitching, free-spirited Antonia Shimerda.
We 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 is allergic to
sentimentality. Because she has spent so much time in silence 'she
lived as a hermit for 20 years 'she is especially attentive to
words and how like a chameleon they can be. Her antennae are
sensitive to anything phony. Every sentence glows with her graceful
and witty and hospitable spirit. She is an inspired teacher, a
trustworthy guide, one of God's great ones. She shows how a
monastic is not on a pedestal or behind a wall, but right in the
thick of things with all of us. Jeremy Hal, OSB, is a member of
Saint Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota. She holds a
doctorate in theology from Marquette University. Currently retired,
Sister Jeremy taught theology at the College of St. Benedict/St.
John's University and School of Theology 'seminary, and at
Creighton University. She is the author of numerous articles as
well as The Full Stature of Christ (Liturgical Press). Sister
Jeremy lived as a hermit for twenty years. During that time she
gained renown as a wellspring of wisdom and gifted retreat leader.
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