Moving Closer

Some years ago I discovered author Norris when I read "Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, 1993" Now I am reading her book The Cloister Walk." Her description of moments in a Benedictine Monastery have provided me with places to begin meditations. Maybe it is her mid-western background that vibrates with me. Or maybe because she finds inspiration in North Dakota.

THE LIVES OF GREAT CHRISTIANS

For several years I have been able to buy and use a number of "Great Courses" produced by the Teaching Company. Currently I am reading and listening to a 24 lecture course entitled "The Lives of Great Christians" taught by Professor William R. Cook of the State University of New York at Geneseo. Prof. Cook has introduced me to ways of considering the lives of these men and women that is fresh and exciting and adds much to my understanding of Christianity and my Roman Catholic Church. Although Prof. Cook places himself amo,ng "practicing Catholics" he does not limit his choices of great christians to Catholics. Martin Luther, the brothers Wesley, and Dietrrich Bonhoeffer receive sympathtic treatment. Although I have been able to purchase many of the courses, our local library in Crockett as access to many of the courses.