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"Canham offers a collection of time-tested tools for
those who wish to lead a Gospel-based life enriched by the accumulated wisdom of
a millennium and a half of monastic Christian living. It's a book I can
recommend to novices of all sorts, to our lay monastic associates, and to anyone
looking for an informed and useful guide to a balanced and faithful life." "Elizabeth Canham writes with great simplicity and
honesty giving us vivid glimpses of her spiritual journey. Readers will be
grateful for what she gives us here." - from the review in "The Church Times", London,
7.20.01 Finding a Rhythm of RestCanon A. M. Allchin, Hon. Professor, University of Wales, Bangor. The original intuition which Esther de Waal had some 20 years ago about the relevance of the Benedictine rule for life lived in the world today has continued to prove itself fruitful, not least in this direct, simple but thought-provoking book. In the main body of the book, Elizabeth Canham reflects on a number of distinctly Benedictine themes: for instance, praying the scriptures, hospitality, conversion of life. She writes with a constant reference to holy scripture. The habit of daily Bible reading became familiar to her in her early years, passed in a strongly Evangelical milieu in this country. Now she reads in a freer, more participatory way. "God invites each of us to become like these gospel authors. We travel by faith, learning to tell our own good news about Christ. We are to be fifth Gospel writers!" Elizabeth Canham's insights are often eminently practical and down-to-earth, but they show a sharp awareness of some of the particular dangers and blindness of our over-active, over-competitive society. The need for a rhythm of rest as well as of activity, for substantial times of silence and withdrawal, as well as of action and involvement, is a theme that recurs more than once. Reading such a book, small and unpretentious as it is, one can only be grateful for the way in which the development of women's ministry in our Church has strengthened our sense of the meaning of the monastic way as a guide for Christians of every kind of calling. For further information about how to purchase this book, contact: Upper
Room Books
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