An accessible introduction to the Rule of Benedict as a guide to a God-centered, balanced approach to life. It offers historical background and reflections on Benedictine topics such as living in the present moment, finding God in everyday life, individual and community prayer, hospitality, and healthy approaches to work, service and relationships.

This new translation with commentary strips the Gospels of their theological agendas and reclaims them as a radically new way of imagining human life. It blends scholarship and pastoral guidance in an accurate, accessible translation with profound insights that, free of religious moralism and dogmatism, is beautifully imaginative and inspirational.

This new translation with commentary strips the Gospels of their theological agendas and reclaims them as a radically new way of imagining human life. It blends scholarship and pastoral guidance in an accurate, accessible translation with profound insights that, free of religious moralism and dogmatism, is beautifully imaginative and inspirational.