Turns out they were all mystics. To Saint Therese of Lisieux, the “Little Flower”; Brother Lawrence, a cook in a monastery who could practice the presence of God while washing dishes; and the anonymous author of the mystical Cloud of Unknowing, written in the 1300s. The first Christian book I read was Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross. It went straight over my head, but my heart felt at home.
