{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-monk-and-a-journalist-reflect-on-living-dying-purpose-prayer-forgiveness-friendship","title":"How to Be: A Monk and a Journalist Reflect on Living \u0026 Dying, Purpose \u0026 Prayer, Forgiveness \u0026 Friendship","description":"“Readers will want to savor these wise and lyrical offerings.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)\n\nThe spiritual seeker’s guide to living with authenticity and integrity in troubled times by a lauded journalist and monk mentored by Thomas Merton.\n\nThis book is a dialogue between two spiritual seekers—one a Trappist monk and the other a married professional woman. It is two people “stuttering to articulate life’s universal questions from diverse contexts and perspectives.” Brother Paul writes as one steeped in silence and the daily rhythms of the ancient prayer practices of monasticism. Judith Valente writes as a professional woman attempting to bring a sense of prayer and contemplation to a scattered life in the secular world.\n\nValente uses the story of Brother Paul’s interview for a PBS documentary as a jumping-off point: When asked the purpose of the Trappist life in the modern world, he said that it is “to show you don’t need a purpose.” The purpose of life, he said, is life. “You’re to live your life.”\n\nHow to Be offers a window into two people living their lives on purpose (or not) and struggling to come to terms with the big issues everyone faces: faith, mortality, mystery, prayer, work. It is a book that provides insight and inspiration for those walking the spiritual path—particularly for those interested in the contemplative path.\n\nIncludes a 16-page study guide—for individuals and group use.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1642970344\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1642970344.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Norris, Kathleen|Valente, Judith|Quenon OCSO, Paul\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41547268849722,"sku":"DBV.1642970344.VG","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1642970344-0.jpg?v=1784689222","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-monk-and-a-journalist-reflect-on-living-dying-purpose-prayer-forgiveness-friendship","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}