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Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants

3 reviews
Dennis Okholm

Brazos Press, 2007

A Little Book That Leads Us Toward a Deep Spiritual Tradition We May Have Overlooked
This is a little book. If you exclude things like the Foreword, the Afterword and Notes, it's only 99 pages. But it packs a spiritual wallop. Evangelical theologian and educator Dennis Okholm offers this spiritual memoir of his pilgrimage into monastic culture in an era when a chorus of evangelical voices are crying out for changes in their branch of the church. Various evangelical writers are ...

Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict (Second Edition)

7 reviews
Esther de Waal, Kathleen Norris

Liturgical Press, 2001

Elegant!
Seeking God is an elegant, insightful, and extremely valuable treatment of the spirituality inherent in St. Benedict's Rule. The further into the book I read, the better I realized it was. Again and again I was impressed with the wisdom and psychological astuteness of the Rule as deWaal explained it. Benedict's way of moderation, humility, and balance, as interpreted by deWaal, seems one of ...

The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality)

11 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Paulist Press, 1998

Practice Makes Perfect
I am an "old" woman and over the years have come to recognize some of the truths the author has expressed in this book. To have this articulated so well brought tears to my eyes over and over again as I read the 88 pages. It is so true that what one does -- practices over and over again -- forms the person, makes them who they are. Doing the right thing can change your thoughts. It doesn't ...

Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life

26 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

ancient wisdom for contemporary pilgrims
It's been fifteen years since Kathleen Norris captured the spiritual imagination of readers with memoirs about leaving New York City for Lemmon, South Dakota (Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, 1993), and drinking deep at the well of monastic spirituality (Cloister Walk, 1996). Having passed her sixtieth birthday, her latest book reflects a maturing vision of what authentic Christian identity might ...

Western Garden Book (Sunset Western Garden Book)

96 reviews

Sunset Books, 2007

Best ever Sunset Western Garden Book issue
I have relied on Sunset's Western Garden Book, in its various issues, for many years. From time to time, about every 3-4 years or so, they re-publish it. This particular issue has become my favorite "Working Bible" and I keep one copy in the house for reference and another in my garden/yard supply area. I bought this copy to give to my daughter and her husband, to introduce them to gardening in ...

Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

69 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Books, 1999

Amazing Grace
Unlike the the Author, Katherine Norris , I have been a Catholic all my 71 Years and She has renewed my faith and spirituality and taught me more about the religion I grew up in then all the catechism classes and college courses in theology I studied. She is right up there with Henri Nouen and Edwina Gateley. What beautiful reading. Rita Peters

Music of Silence 2 Ed: A Sacred Journey through the Hours of the Day

5 reviews
Brother David Steindl-Rast, Sharon Lebell

Ulysses Press, 2001

Music of Silence A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the
Steindl-Rast examines the moods implied in the canonical hours of the day. I have purchased both the book and the audio tapes of the book. The ideas expressed by Steindl-Rast are positive, valuable, and applicable to daily life. Prime, for example, occurring early in the day, according to Steindl-Rast, might be considered too early and simply an oh-no-here-we-go-again complaint. (my word, not ...

The Cloister Walk

59 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Trade, 1997

A Helpful, Thoughtful Book
It's been a few years, but memory tells me this was - and is - a wonderful book. I suppose it makes a difference to have been to the monastery in Minnesota where the author went, and to have met Ms. Norris; nonetheless, she has a lot to say. Her thought-full exposition of the Psalms was particularly helpful, although I would have been happier if she had chosen a more recent translation (such as ...

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

47 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Mariner Books, 2001

A beautiful book.
I read this book every couple of years and find it a fresh, new read everytime. I recently ordered an extra copy for some friends. To my parents, this was one of those books you love and give copies of to all you friends, siblings, and children. I think I will be doing the same thing.

Sunset Western Landscaping Book

7 reviews

Sunset Publishing Corporation, 2006

Excellent
The best garden book overall. A smart book. Creative. Great pics. VERY Comprensive. Wish Id bought hardback.Complete. Very readable. Projects are suberb. Voluminous. A must for every serious gardener.

Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Books, 1998

Western Garden Book, 2001 Edition

15 reviews

Sunset Books Inc, 2001

Indispensible!
This edition corrects some of the small things that bugged me with my older edition - for example, the lists of plants for special situations (shade plants, colorful plants etc) used to only have the botanical name, so you were forced to flip through the book to see what the heck they were talking about. Now the special situations section has been greatly expanded, and is much more user-friendly ...

Mother

9 reviews
Kathleen Norris

The Vision Forum, Inc., 2001

Mother by Kathleen Norris
This was a very heart-stirring book for me. When I reached the end, I found myself weeping. I subsequently gave the book to a friend, who found it so inspiring that she is afraid to loan it out to others for fear it will get lost and she will no longer have it in her possession. We believe it is a book that all young women should be required to read.

The Holy Twins

6 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Putnam Juvenile, 2001

Great Book About Great Saints
We love it. We always love Tomie De Paola books. His illustrations are wonderful to look at and the text is easy to understand.

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

1 review
Jeremy Hall

Liturgical Press, 2007

Helps Readers Appreciate Value of Desert Experience
Sister Jeremy Hall defines spirituality as "our being-before-God and how this works out in al aspects of our lives: our self-understanding, our values, our relationships, our commitments, our prayer, our work, our leisure, our goals and the means we use to achieve them." A member of the Benedictine order with a doctorate in Theology, born in 1918, Sister Jeremy lived as a hermit for twenty years ...

New Sunset Western Garden Book -- Flexibind Edition (New Flexi Cover)

1 review
Kathleen Norris Brenzel - Editor

Sunset Publishing Corporation, 2001

Sunset Western Garden Book
Much easier to read and useful than earlier versions -- which were also good. Highly recommend this book for all we "do it ourselves" gardeners!

The Psalms (Riverhead Sacred Text Series)

4 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Trade, 1997

A Place to Start
It's important to remember that Kathleen Norris did not write this book. She provided an introduction to an ancient and venerable text. If you are one of the many people who are illiterate when it comes to the Bible, this is a good place to start. As a "slow-learning Christian" I found this book a comfort. I purchased my first copy and will be ordering many more. To give as gifts to those ...

The Virgin of Bennington

22 reviews
Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Trade, 2002

Essential reading
For admirers of Kathleen Norris' excellent "Dakota" and "The Cloister Walk," as well as those interested in the Academy of American Poets whose Betty Kray created the template for visiting writers programs, this is an engaging read. The principal attraction here is that of Norris's other books: she is very good company. When you read her work, you have privileged access to someone who leads a ...

Little Girls In Church (Pitt Poetry Series)

1 review
Kathleen Norris

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995

Poems that point to God everywhere - even unlikely places
Kathleen Norris has captured those moments when the questions and the search come into contact with the Living God in unlikely and serindipitous ways. "Imperatives" is succinct, glorious and the essence of Christian belief. Her theology is pure, concise and completely without "party line" interference. "Lovers with Pizza" and "She Said Yeah" among others validate those "God moments" which ...

Gardening In The Southwest

1 review
Kathleen Norris Brenzel, Philip Edinger

Sunset Publishing Corporation, 2005

Southwest Gardening
If you are planning on doing anything with plants, you need this book. It is the most informative and easy to read gardening book on the market.

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