Product Description: In Lost in Wonder, Esther de Waal uses the everyday circumstances of our lives - the restrictions and frustrations as well as the gifts and opportunities - as our own way to God. By teaching us how to be attentive to al the seemingly small and insignificant things, she shows how they become windows through which the light of Christ can shine to dispel darkness, illuminate our understanding, and speak to our deepest needs...read more

Product Description: "When the scholar and the poet wrestles in you," Bonnie Thurston was once asked by a friend at Tymawr, "who wins?" The poems in Belonging to Borders are her response. In these poems, Thurston reverences the borders, literal and metaphorical, that have been a part of her life since childhood...read more

Product Description: The celebrated spiritual writer Thomas Merton remains one of the most influential voices of our day. His many books have become modern spiritual classics and he opened up the riches of the monastic tradition for many. Here, Esther de Waal devises a seven day personal or group retreat programme using extracts from Thomas Merton's writings and a selection of the photography for which he was also renowned...read more

Product Description: In The Way of Simplicity Esther de Waal reveals the riches of the Cistercian (Trappist) tradition and its relevance for today's world.The book draws not only on such twelfth-century writers as Bernard of Clairvaux and Aelred of Rievaulx, but also on Thomas Merton and many contemporary Cistercians...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "A threshold is a sacred thing," goes the traditional saying of ancient wisdom. In some corners of the earth, in some traditional cultures, and in monastic life, this is still remembered. But in our fast-paced modern world, this wisdom is often lost on us...read more

Product Description: Devotees of Irish spirituality -- and those interested in Irish Heritage will cherish this authentic collection of Celtic wisdom and prayer. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An introduction to the history, folklore, and liturgy of the Celtic people explores the Celtic contributions to Christianity and illuminates the Celtic way of prayer through a collection of early Irish litanies, Welsh poems, and blessings. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This concise and clear introduction to Celtic spirituality provides an overview of all aspects of Celtic understandings. By providing readers not only with a narrative, but with the poetry and songs of the ancient Celts, she explores Celtic views of pilgrimage, solitude, creation, and healing...read more

Product Description: These simple and inviting reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict take as their starting point our search for wholeness in a world that is fragmented and increasingly polarized. Many people today struggle to balance the demands of professional and personal lives, and find little satisfaction or peacefulness in either...read more

Stories of animals and saints include 'St. Columbia and the White Horse,' 'St. Benno and the Frog,' and 'St. Moling and the Fox'

Product Description: Esther de Waal comes to the Rule of St. Benedict as a lay woman who has studied the Rule and striven to live it. Benedict has been for her both supportive and challenging, both guide and prophet. His Rule asks not for blind obedience and conformity but for personal responsibility...read more

Product Description: Journey with Thomas Merton for 7 days, meditating on the best of his contemplative writings and savor-ing striking black & white photos taken my Merton himself. Let this book bring you to a greater aware-ness of yourself and Christ's presence in your world.

Product Description: Devotees of Irish spirituality and those interested in Irish heritage will cherish this authentic collection of Celtic wisdom and prayer. Assembled from the original six volumes of Alexander Carmichael's Carmina Gadelica by noted Celtic author, Esther de Waal, this rich array includes elements of piety that address every side of life...read more

Product Description: Daily Readings from Prayers and Praises in the Celtic Tradition

Product Description: Evoking a vision of the wholeness of life, this book tells that God can be found daily.