If the word “monks” wedged into the title above sets off a warning bell for you, I am sympathetic. You too may be tired of the endless number of “spirituality” books that repackage friendly bits of monastic wisdom and hospitality (sometimes even recipes) for busy people. Even the ancient discipline of lectio divina seems to have come in for a new wave of popularization. (...)
October 24, 2008
Books
Highly Contagious
Acedia & MeA Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s LifeKathleen NorrisRiverhead Books, $25.95, 352 pp.
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