Friday, January 23, 2009

Spiritual Weight Lifting

Contemporary Seeker, Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet and editor at large at the Christian Century. In a trio of books, Cloister Walk (1996), Amazing Grace (1998) and her latest, Acedia & Me (2008), Norris shares her spiritual struggles and describes the winding paths she took toward embracing and living her faith.

All of these books are part meditation on the role of faith in modern life and part memoir; all are beautifully written in the voice of a poet. Relevant to people of all faiths…