A spiritual travel memoir showing how the life of God can be found in the most unlikely places. From slum priests quietly bringing hope in the favelas of Brazil to the impact of a child's death on a whole community, Laurence Freeman movingly reveals how the sacred strains to find expression in every life, every place, every day.
Based on the caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly metaphor of Hidden Wings, this book offers spiritual insights and wisdom from the likes of Teilhard de Chardin to help us explore what it means to be an agent of spiritual change in our own life and that of the world around us.
New monastic communities are emerging here and in the US, many as Fresh Expressions initiatives.This is a basic introduction and guide to today's new monasticism by one of its leading exponents.
This introduction to Celtic Christian spirituality presents the primary texts from the Celtic Christian tradition. The facing-page commentary explores how faithful Christians and spiritual seekers use the writings of this lively tradition as ways of embodying and living the gospel.
This comprehensive theory and practice of Christian spiritual formation weaves together biblical and theological foundations with interdisciplinary scholarship, real-world examples, personal vignettes, and practical tools to assist readers in becoming whole persons in relationship with God and others.