The Restoration Project: A Benedictine Path to Wisdom, Strength and Love - Softcover

Martin, Christopher H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880283688 ISBN 13: 9780880283687

Publisher: Forward Movement, 2013

Synopsis

"So much in our lives has obscured our God-given beauty. The integrity of the likeness of God has broken apart, the foundation has not been firm. We have tried to fix things and often made it even worse, and the environment in which we live can be toxic, violent, and aggressive."
The Restoration Project explores The Twelve Steps of Humility, the heart of The Rule of Saint Benedict, revealing how this ancient guide leads to wisdom, strength, and love. The book weaves prayer, poetry, and art with contemporary stories of brokenness, joy, and discovery to guide the reader to a place of spiritual renewal. The book is a cornerstone of a national initiative, also called The Restoration Project.
This important work is the perfect guide for both individuals and group study.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher H. Martin is the rector of St. Paul's, San Rafael, California where he has served since 2004. He is the founder of The Restoration Project, a national movement of churches devoted to spiritual maturity through a balance of spiritual practices, including friendship with the poor. Other elements are structured small groups and formation classes.

Review:

How can we know the way? Christopher Martin writes with tested wisdom our need for restoration if we are to become what we already are. He is as conversant with Benedict of Nursia and Bernard of Clairvaux as he is about abuse, addiction, and the tedium of making mistakes. Christopher is a master weaver of poetry and art, ancient and new. He gives very shrewd spiritual direction when we stumble because of the fear or aggression we are loath to face. Some of his compelling stories will make your eyes twinkle; others will lance a wound, your wound. How countercultural his writing about the steps toward humility, admittedly a long climb, yet something so helpful and hopeful, and which he models. Christopher helps us settle into stillness so that we can really and finally listen to God.< --Br. Curtis Almquist, The Society of Saint John the Evangelist

In The Restoration Project, Father Christopher Martin has applied ancient Benedictine wisdom to the twenty-first-century spiritual journey and embattled post-modern Church. He has rediscovered (maybe re-presented) habits for living that are radically changing the character of Christian community and wonderfully enriching the lives of the people of God. Reader be forewarned: the ideas in this book may change your life. They have changed mine! --The Rt. Rev. J. Scott Barker, Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska

About this edition

• Publisher: Forward Movement
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0880283688
• ISBN 13: 9780880283687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 171