Codename Charming - Lucy Parker
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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My Domestic Search for God
Marylee Mitcham
After publishing An Accidental Monk in the 1970s, I decided to write a novel -- something
"contemplative." It only took me 30 years.
After publishing An Accidental Monk in the 1970s, I decided to write a novel -- something
"contemplative." It only took me 30 years.
Blacktime Song by Rosalie Wolfe
An Accidental Monk
Four years after reading Thomas Merton's autobiography, The Seven Story Mountain, I found myself living six miles away from the same abbey where---before his death---he had his stability. There was no Oblate program, but my family and I were invited to participate in Cistercian ora et labora, spiritual direction, and friendship. It transformed our lives, and those who joined us, in a way I can't imagine otherwise. But the center only held for 10 years, then we moved on in pain and confusion. Our soul work had just begun. Speaking for myself, it was so worth it.
My Favorite Books
- 1) The New Testament
- 2) Shakespeare's Plays
Books I've Been Meaning to Read...
- 1) Bamboula! : The Life and Times of Lous Moreau Gottshalk
- 2) Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation : Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam
- 3) The Undaunted by Gerald N. Lund
- 4) Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison
- 5) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen