Award-winning author and Benedictine oblate Paula Huston invites readers to de-clutter their minds, hearts, relationships, and souls in a book of daily Lenten practices woven from the gospels, the Desert Fathers, and the author’s own wealth of spiritual experience.
“What are you giving up for Lent this year?” It’s the expected question amongst Christian friends each spring. In Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit, Huston asks her readers a deeper, alternative sort of question: “How will you rid your life of excess this Lent?” She encourages readers to see Lent as a time to seek out silence and free themselves of “stuff” and to acknowledge the connections between what they pray about and what they do.
With honesty, vulnerability, and grace, Huston challenges readers to move outward and act, showing them how everyday actions like cleaning out a junk drawer, giving away something no longer used, or spending fifteen minutes in silence can be surprisingly powerful ways of experiencing a more meaningful Lent and a simpler life. Whether cutting up a credit card, visiting someone at the hospital, or forgiving someone with whom they are angry, readers experience, under Huston’s gentle and expert care, how such practices lead to a more authentic Christian faith.
Product Preview
| Format: | Paperback book |
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| Product code: | AM712692 |
| Dimensions: | 5" x 7" |
| Length: | 192 pages |
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Ave Maria Press
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| ISBN: | 9781594712692 |
| 1-2 copies | $14.03 each |
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| 3-9 copies | $13.39 each |
| 10-49 copies | $12.76 each |
| 50-99 copies | $12.44 each |
| 100+ copies | $11.96 each |
Praise
Encouraging reading for people struggling with big challenges or the smaller daily distractions that upset our peace of mind.
Deputy Books Editor
Los Angeles Times
Paula Huston’s new book is very much like the author herself: wise, compassionate, patient, friendly, inviting.
Author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
This is the most moving, most appealing, and, at the same time, most practical book I have ever seen on Lenten practices. A verbal retreat that invites both the soul and the body to a holy retooling.
Author of The Great Emergence
Huston offers herself as a lively companion in a Lenten practice stripped of clichés. Join her—it might be the simplest and liveliest Lent you have ever kept.
Author of Pastor: A Memoir
When I read Huston’s words I am galvanized and motivated toward greater simplicity.
Author of Water My Soul
Simplifying the Soul is the perfect thing for those ready to clear out their cluttered lives and return to a humbler way of living.
