Reviewed by Linda A. Holbrook A few times in your life a book comes along that touches your soul. Practicing Compassion by Frank Rogers, Jr is one of those books for me. When I finished the book, I wrote to the person who had recommended the book. My message was one word, “WOW.” As a […]
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Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, by Pope Francis
Review by Glynden Bode This book is not about spiritual direction or retreat leadership. It is the encyclical letter from Pope Francis on our “common home” – and has much to say about living in community, and the intrinsic worth of each created being, regardless of purpose or personal benefit to another. Here are a […]
Wild Dancing: Embraced by Untamed Love, by Janice Edwards, RSM
Brookville Books, Sea Cliff, New York2012 Sister Janice Edwards states in her introduction that Wild Dancing is “not a how-to book” about contemplative prayer nor is it an attempt to define contemplation. Rather, she tells stories and relates experiences of encounters with God’s “Untamed Love” with the hope that the reader will be aroused to […]