NEAR OCCASIONS OF GRACE by Richard Rohr ($14)

10.95
ORB: 0-88344-852-1

Distilling the insights of more than 20 years as a spiritual director, Rorh explores the challenge of authentic spiritual life in our culture and leads readers on a journey of spiritual discovery, examining the meaning of the incarnation, the "holiness of sexuality, " the challenge of community, the future of religious life, and the daily challenge of faith, hope, and charity.

Table of Contents:
Preface
1 God's Good News: Meditations on Jesus 1
The Energy of Promise 1
Remembering the Future 3
Word Made Flesh 5
To Be Jesus Resurrected 7
2 Conversion: From Self-Actualization to Self-Transcendence 10
3 Pure Passion: The Holiness of Human Sexuality 22
Embodied Spirit 22
An Appetite for Wholeness 33
Marriage and Celibacy 41
4 Community: God's Strategy for the Reluctant Church 47
Building Family 47
Charting Community Growth 53
Authors of Life Together 61
5 To Care and Not to Care: The Future of Religious Life 68
6 A Life Pure and Simple: Reflections on St. Francis of Assisi 80
7 Near Occasions of Grace 94
Utterly Different and Exactly the Same 94
Naming Despair 97
Risking Reconciliation 100
8 Out of a Prayerful Heart: An Interview with Richard Rohr 105

	Preface
1	God's Good News: Meditations on Jesus	1
	The Energy of Promise	1
	Remembering the Future	3
	Word Made Flesh	5
	To Be Jesus Resurrected	7
2	Conversion: From Self-Actualization to Self-Transcendence	10
3	Pure Passion: The Holiness of Human Sexuality	22
	Embodied Spirit	22
	An Appetite for Wholeness	33
	Marriage and Celibacy	41
4	Community: God's Strategy for the Reluctant Church	47
	Building Family	47
	Charting Community Growth	53
	Authors of Life Together	61
5	To Care and Not to Care: The Future of Religious Life	68
6	A Life Pure and Simple: Reflections on St. Francis of Assisi	80
7	Near Occasions of Grace	94
	Utterly Different and Exactly the Same	94
	Naming Despair	97
	Risking Reconciliation	100
8	Out of a Prayerful Heart: An Interview with Richard Rohr	105