The Spacious Path

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A simple invitation into a life ordered by restful rhythms of listening and love. Whether on a personal scale or at the global level, cycles of change and disruption tend to create an increasing sense of disorientation as familiar pathways crumble and often result in fragmented relationships with God, others, and our own souls. But in this reality, our lives share a common theme with Jesus and centuries of his followers. When Jesus offered the stunning invitation to come to him to learn how to work from a place of rest, he was talking to people weighed down by ill-fitting political, economic, and religious systems. For centuries the Rule of Life-a spiritual practice credited to Saint Benedict of Nursia and built around rhythms of prayer, work, study, hospitality, and rest-has provided a loving pathway for anyone who desires to live out the whole gospel in the simple, restful way of Jesus. But the Rule of Life, perhaps in part by our modern sensibilities and traumatic experiences with "rules" and "rulers, " is not widely understood as a simple invitation into a life of listening and love that Benedict envisioned and that Jesus invites. More than a historic primer on an ancient practice, an aspirational overview of spiritual life, or a personal inventory focused on habits, this book offers companionship through personal narrative, meaningful reflection, and guided prayer for readers to return to as often as needed. Rediscover the power of this ancient practice to reorient your life around the unforced rhythms of Jesus, not racing to escape suffering but walking the pathways of listening and love in the restful way of Jesus"--