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Reader is excellent

Revisado: 04-21-25

Good reader to give the sound of Derek Prince ! Highly recommend in spite of being a very short book

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Meh version of SW

Revisado: 10-28-24

I would’ve greatly preferred a different reader such as David Rintoul or a Max McClean. It’s hard to listen to SW in the bland voice of a midwestern nightly news accent. It deserves the character and intonation of a passionate voice filled with character and depth.

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Many hunting anecdotes (too many)!!

Revisado: 04-15-24

This was a less than average memoir because of its focus on hunting anecdotes. Using glimpses into life through anecdotes is fine (in the manner of Pasternak) but there seems to be very little criteria or importance as to which ones! He also completely avoids (except through an occasional remark) the important story of his ministry which fell apart (did they ask him to leave ? Did he decide to leave??) how has he dealt with his narcissism and emotional detachment… by the end of the story it seems that he has become a preacher of a new sort, with a new theology, platform, books, conferences, teaching, etc. (His desire for importance and admiration arising out of rejection continues to propel him). There is a superficial vibe that he has not really gone deeper to deal with these issues. Hunting is fun, it is healthy but is also sport and diversion. We no longer need to hunt to live. It is a sport filled with exhilarating moments and trophies and very posh hunting resorts. He seems to constantly seeking stimulation; perhaps what he needs is to spend real time in the desert (like the desert fathers he quotes). He wants to appear deep without any depth. It is as if he became a Darwinian naturalist and tries to connect this with God in the most tenuous way. It is clear that our enlightenment Evangelical and Protestant Christianity bear much of the responsibility, especially in formation of pastors through academic training. The system creates the thirst for degrees, books, competition, etc which fed right into his rejection. And now many of these seminaries teach “online,” where there is even less human formation. Until these structures are abolished in favor of places of true formation (which is done in Catholic monasteries and religious orders and Orthodox seminaries) we will continue to suffer the same outcomes. It is unfortunate that he did not take advantage of the places which are spiritually healthy, rather than simply suggest hunting as the solution.

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Eye opening for all Christians!

Revisado: 02-10-20

An integrative approach and perspective to living and breathing the Christian faith as incarnational. Will definitely purchase the book as well to read and meditate... amazing book!

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Merton at his best

Revisado: 10-02-19

Great recording of Merton teaching... the combination of wisdom and humor as he involves novices in understanding prayer through the lens of Cassian.

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Perceptive and we’ll done!!

Revisado: 04-22-19

Especially well done with author’s own voice. Brief but very perceptive in catching the “essence” of Merton’s life, thought and spiritual legacy.

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Excellent!

Revisado: 01-13-18

These talks are the equivalent of a condensed seminary education in spirituality..having just finished Fuller, it seems that Rohr made a synthesis of all of the spirituality courses and with so many perceptive insights into American culture and Christianity!

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In his own voice

Revisado: 08-23-17

Great to hear Nouwen narrate this gem of a book! I wish more of his books were recorded in his own voice...

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Nothing new here.

Revisado: 09-28-12

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I didn't expect anything "new," but there were very few penetrating insights. He could have spent a little bit more time focusing on the every day life of people in Palestine at that time. However, it would have required more research.
Instead, the book gives you the feeling of a college undergraduate, skimming through his notes from different courses and giving you a potpourri of facts which can be gleaned out of most textbooks. Between the facts, you hear the undergraduate "common room" humour, often crass and even vulgar, which does little to save this book and even cheapens the overall effect.

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