For those outside the cloister Norvene Vest sets the elements of the Rule-regular prayer and pray...

The author brings the insights of Benedict's Rule to the wisdom tradition. Desiring Life is the t...

In this second book in her series on Benedictine spirituality, Norvene Vest brings the insights o...

Vest focuses and explores three of the foundations of the Benedictine way (silence, the explorati...

Has the contemporary American polity remained capable of asking itself questions about its purpos...

Commentary and devotional meditations on The Rule of St. Benedict.

What Is Your Practice? presents a variety of foundational Christian ascetical practices, translat...

Re-Visioning Theology proposes a contemporary mythic approach to theology that offers a way of li...

Cutting-edge essays, written by seasoned spiritual directors, which examine a variety of new fron...

Essays that explore spiritual direction from a variety of faith and cultural perspectives

Many of us thirst for a meaningful spiritual life. We may even begin a spiritual journey, yet bef...