Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781587431852)

In their zeal for reform, early Protestant leaders tended to throw out Saint Benedict with the holy water. That is a mistake, writes Dennis Okholm, in Monk Habits for Everyday People. While on retreat in a Benedictine abbey, the author, a professor who was raised as a Pentecostal and a Baptist, observed how the meditative and ordered life of a monk lifted Jesus' teachings off the printed page and put them into daily practice. Vital aspects of devotion, humility, obedience, hospitality, and evangelism took on new clarity and meaning. Paralleling that experience, Okholm guides the reader on a focused and instructive journey that can revitalize the devotional life of any Christian who wants to slow down and dig deeper.

Author: Dennis L. Okholm
ISBN-10: 1587431858
ISBN-13: 9781587431852
Publisher: Brazos Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.47h x 6.48w x 0.38d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2007 pg. 63
Christian Century 11/27/2007 pg. 40
Library Journal 01/15/2008 pg. 75
Books & Culture 03/01/2011 pg. 16