Monk Habits for Everyday People

Short review: Okholm, an oblate (someone that attempts to live the life of a Benedictine outside the monastery), an Evangelical and a theology professor attempts to bridge the gap between the monastery and the evangelical world. This is a good book on spiritual growth and exactly why spiritual growth is not a quick fix (follow these five steps) type of process. Okholm focuses on 7 virtues that he sees in Benedictine spirituality that he thinks are at the root of their order. A helpful, fairly quick read. But again confirms in my mind that Evangelicals need to pay more attention to Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican writers to really understand what it means to live as a Christian after conversion.

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