(Excerpted from Chapter Six of the forthcoming bookPractice Makes PURPOSE: Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community)The Elder's Gift

There was once a monastic brother who had a book in his quarters that was very valuable. It was written on parchment and bound in gold, and it contained a complete copy of the scriptures, a great rarity in those days. One day, another brother asked if he could borrow the book for a time in order to copy out some sections. Th...
Published on December 13, 2016 19:29