Timothy P. O’Malley

Be Still and Know

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Patrick Manning’s Be Still and Know: Contemplative Practices for Christian Schools and Educators fills an important gap in literature related to contemplation and education. Drawing from the richness of Christian tradition, Manning presents a holistic vision of contemplative life as related to the very places and spaces of the educational setting: from classroom to various departmental meetings. Manning’s presentation is accompanied by exercises intended to facilitate appropriation of a contemplative disposition into one’s teaching. This book would be a great read for any educator, from primary to collegiate, interested in leading a contemplative revolution in the school.”

Into the Deep

History & Biography

“Religious conversion narratives tend to be unrealistic, focusing on single epiphanies that are rare to most human beings. Not Into the Deep. Abigail Favale has written a conversion memoir that focuses on the slow process of conversion, one that unfolds through a union of practice and intellectual inquiry . . . She is more like a tour guide, bringing even cradle Catholics like myself into a deeper appreciation of the mystery of the Church. Into the Deep is Augustine's Confessions written for our own age.”

Into the Deep

History & Biography

“Religious conversion narratives tend to be unrealistic, focusing on single epiphanies that are rare to most human beings. Not Into the Deep. Abigail Favale has written a conversion memoir that focuses on the slow process of conversion, one that unfolds through a union of practice and intellectual inquiry... She is more like a tour guide, bringing even cradle Catholics like myself into a deeper appreciation of the mystery of the Church. Into the Deep is Augustine's Confessions written for our own age.”

Saints

Children & Youth

“Literature on the saints, especially those written for children and families, tend to turn these holy men and women into cartoon characters from another era. Saint: A Family Story avoids this misstep, letting the saints become wonderfully beautiful and strange icons of holiness for our day. The lives of the saints are easy to read, but they never reduce the saints to models for living. You feel like you get to know these holy men and women, what they cared about, and why it matters to your life. The art throughout the volume captivates. The saints look like people, but the kind of people who have been forever transformed through an encounter with Christ. I feel, at last, there is a book on the saints that adults, adolescents, and young children alike can get excited about. Every family should own a copy of this book.”

Wondrous Reading

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Wondrous Reading is a gift to parents who want to live an integrated spiritual life in the home with their kids. Reading aloud is not something that should be left behind as the child ages. Rather, to read together as a family is an invitation to contemplate the gift of creation, the relationship between faith and reason, and an ethics of communion. LuElla D’Amico’s spiritual reading of children’s literature and her various questions and exercises make this a must read for parents who are seeking to enact a contemplative revolution in the home.”