Sep

11

The Interior Castle for free…

Books / Mystics

The wonderful Christian Audio company sells downloadable MP3s and CDs of inspirational audiobooks; their catalog includes a number of mystical classics, including The Rule of St. Benedict, The Imitation of Christ, and The Practice of the Presence of God. Plus they have lots of wonderful works by more contemporary authors, ranging from Henri Nouwen to Richard Foster to N. T. Wright.

Each month, Christian Audio offers one of their titles as a free download. Yes, that’s right: free, no charge, not even a credit card number is required. You just have to enter the provided coupon code when you go through the checkout process.

This month, the free audiobook is The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila!

Click here to download it. It will be available through September 30, 2007. Please note that if you happen to be reading this after that date, you will have missed your chance. But follow the link anyway, since something else will be available — a new free download is offered each month.

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Sep

11

Seven Signs of Celtic Wisdom

Celtic Christianity

I’ve been reading Edward Sellner’s lovely book Wisdom of the Celtic Saints. In it he describes seven characteristics of Celtic Christian Spirituality. Of course, while this list may be an insight to what is distinctive about Celtic wisdom, I think it’s really universal in its application: here are seven characteristics of the spiritual life that all of us might profitably emulate, regardless of whether we have any sort of affinity to the saints of the Celtic lands.

  1. Love of, and respect for, nature
  2. Love of learning
  3. Yearning to explore the unknown (pilgrimage, wanderlust)
  4. Love of silence and solitude
  5. Understanding of time as a sacred reality blessed and already redeemed by God’s overflowing compassion
  6. Appreciation of ordinary life (encountering God in the here and now)
  7. Belief in the value of kinship relationships, especially the spiritual ties of soul friends
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