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| Don’t Trust the Abbot |
Musings from the Monastery
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| Jerome Kodell, OSB |
Paperback
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One would expect an abbot to have words of wisdom for monks living in a monastery. But could his musings be relevant for those living in a complicated and often harried world? Yes, as readers will discover in this insightful collection. In these essays—from "Coldhearted Orthodoxy" to "God’s DVD Library," from "The God of Hearsay" to "The Turtle on the Fencepost"—readers will think in new ways about prayer and the Christian life, about faith and trust. Along the way, they will find in Jerome Kodell an abbot worthy of trust.
Jerome Kodell, OSB, is abbot of Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas. He has served as editor of The Abbey Message and is also a founding member of the Little Rock Scripture Study Program. He is author of Twelve Keys to Prayer and The Eucharist in the New Testament, both published by Liturgical Press.
"[Abbot Jerome’s] writing is primarily for the laity familiar with the monastic life and therein lies the great worth of this book. Not only is there a great unpacking of Scripture, there is some of the most unaffected articulate expression of our lives as monastics that helps up put words around ourselves."
-American Benedictine Review
"Abbot Jerome covers many topics of interest to Benedictine monks, nuns, and oblates, as well as others interested in Benedictine monasticism and its spirituality. . . . This particular volume is highly recommended to those interested in prayer, Benedictine spirituality, and monasticism."
-Curled Up With A Good Book
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"Each reflection is written with much humility, using personal everyday stories and anecdotes related to Scripture. About one page long, each reflection could easily serve as a daily meditation."
-Liguorian
"You can trust this Abbot—to deliver a generous helping of wit, wisdom, and common sense, seasoned with a humor that gentles the challenge these essays offer. Be prepared to be amused, touched, startled—and above all, to be forced to think about life in and beyond the monastery a little differently than you did before."
-Sister Genevieve Glen, OSB, Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado
"Contrary to his title, we can trust Abbot Jerome to write lively, but still profound, essays on spiritual topics. In addition to that, he is a serious Bible scholar who knows how to bring the Good Book to bear on contemporary life issues. An ideal book for daily meditation."
-Terrence G. Kardong, OSB, Author of The Life of St. Benedict by Gregory the Great
Publication Date:
March 2009
Format:
Paperback
Specifics: 104 pp., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4
ISBN: 978-0-8146-3238-3
Rights: World, English
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