All books using the keywords: Joseph Moscinski

Suppose a 4th century Desert Father were to meet the 14th century author of The Cloud of Unknowing, and the meeting took place in the 21st century. What would such a pairing look like? Drawing its inspiration from the Cloud Author's teaching on contemplation, Notes from the Desert contains personal reflections on prayer in the kind of short, self-contained sayings that mirror the format used in the Desert Tradition but expressed in the idiom of our day. It features: • A potpourri of one-liners, riddling language, Latin proverbs, poetic prose, startling paradoxes, biblical commentary, mini-movie-reviews, delightful witticisms, and, best of all, meditation aids • An introductory essay ...