Conversations with St. Francis

by James C. Howell

If you were able to talk to St. Francis of Assisi, what would you ask him? “Perhaps,” says James Howell,” the first question I’d want to ask Francis would be something like How did you do it? Were you real? How much of your story really happened? And I’m asking because I am wondering how I might do could I somehow grab a share of the life you had? The marvel in Francis’s story is that all he did seems entirely doable – but then, at the same time, ridiculously impossible. As I survey the bare facts of his life, it all seems so manageably simple, and yet unquestionably what happened was nothing short of miraculous.”

In this spiritually apt look at the life, message, and meaning of St. Francis, Howell invites all of us to pose our most difficult spiritual questions to the saint–and to listen for the questions he asks of us in response.

107 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2008

Reviews

[Monabelle Timosa · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest I haven't known much about St. Francis but I was interested when Pope Francis chose his name. I wanted to know more about him and ofcourse, be convinced by his story. Thanks to a good friend for giving me this book for my birthday and it was a great read.

I like the writer's way of writing and how he related it to his personal experience and encounter with the saint. I recommend this as a starter to those who are curios of St. Assisi as well.