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“Mary
Earle, who knows from experience what she is talking about,
writes, ‘When we live with illness and
let it help us establish a new rule of life, we act in faith.’ Earle's
own re-patterning of her life has risen out of the reality
of acute pancreatitis. Hers is no greeting card theology,
but a thoughtful crafting of daily life grounded in Christian
belief and practice. You do not have to be ill to benefit
and grow from reading this remarkable account of a life transformed.
If you are ill, the book is a ‘must read.’’ —Corinne
Ware, Assistant Professor of Ascetical Theology
at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in
Austin, Texas, and
the author of several books including Discover Your Spiritual
Type and Saint Benedict on the Freeway. “In this extraordinarily comforting and challenging
book, Mary Earle takes the setbacks of chronic illness or
disability and reframes them as powerful tools for keeping
a rule of life. The ancient Benedictine ways of humility,
prayer, and self-knowledge counter the urge to rush, multitask,
push and shove one's way into the superficial busyness that
so often passes for excellence in the world.” —Barbara
Cawthorne Crafton, author of Some Things You Just Have
to Live With, The Sewing Room, and other books. To purchase a copy of Beginning Again visit amazon.com. This link is provided as a service to explorefaith.org visitors and registered users.
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