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The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life
by Paula Huston
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Loyola Press (2003-11)
ISBN: 082941441X
EAN: 9780829414417
Dewy Decimal #: 248.482
Paperback: 358 pages
SKU: BA08051867
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Exactly as shown, Covers flat and shiny, Spine uncreased, Text clean with NO marks.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Drawing on the powerful histories of the saints and personal experience, author Paula Huston, a professor, wife, and mother, offers practical guidance to pursuing and achieving spiritual simplicity in a chaotic world. In this book, Huston examines a variety of spiritual practices in the Christian tradition that lead to a simpler life. Each chapter introduces a different spiritual practice, including solitude, purity, and generosity, and explores it through historical perspectives and Huston's compelling personal reflections. From Saint Anthony's chosen life of solitude to Saint Catherine of Siena's strength of conviction, Huston tells stories of courageous faith that exemplify the blessed and transformative power of being alone with God. Although based on Christian philosophies, Huston's strategies are applicable to people of all faiths.
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Amazon.com Review
Paula Huston, a woman of many talents— professor, wife, mother and author (Signatures of Grace)—offers this outstanding Christian guide to voluntary simplicity. Right from the start, we know we are being led by a woman who walks the talk (and is honest about when she stumbles). "One of the first tricks I tried to play on myself was to pretend that some parts of me were exempt from this difficult transformation process, for example my tendency to exaggerate," she confesses. After all, exaggeration is a writer’s birthright, she told herself. "It did not take long to figure out that the quest for a simpler, holier life eventually must touch every aspect of our nature, and that Jesus refers to the spiritual path as the 'narrow way' for a reason." Most of us assume that this "narrow way" is a desolate journey—filled with enormous sacrifice and meal after meal of brown rice with tofu. But, as Huston explains, the path of simpler living begins with an internal journey rather than a sudden external shift in lifestyle. She starts the book with the art of creating more solitude—showing us how much we define and distract ourselves by the company and clutter that surrounds us. When Huston moves into a chapter on silence—we see how the greatest challenge is quieting the noise in our head, not the noise in our household or workplace. She quotes scripture in just the right doses and at the end of every chapter she shares stories of the lives of saints who lived various forms of simplicity. The highlights are Huston's personal reflections, especially as she reveals the challenges and the rewards of "the holy way." This is a highly inspirational life story that becomes more rich and satisfying with every step on the path. --Gail Hudson
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Customer Reviews
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Holy Parody
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-07-17
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Don't waste your time. This book is about a very self-absorbed writer type who formulates a quote-heavy butt-obvious book. You will learn nothing. If you want to read about NPR and Volvos, semaphore for "hey, this isn't conservative envangelical crap, I'm a liberal like you!" intermixed with never-original observations about solitude and simplicity, buy this book.
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Honest search for peace and simplicity
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-02-15
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Paula Huston's book is not so much a "how to" book as it is a narrative of her search for a more simple life. A very easy to read book. She shares her successes and failures with her readers.
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Best for the Spiritual Path
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-08-14
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have way too many books on spirituality and the spiritual path in my library, all bought believing that it, as the next book, would finally have some answers. This one finally did. Paula Huston's book seemed to be written for me (a feeling evoked from all great books) to help and guide me through the spiritual path. I felt as if I was on the journey with her. Many authors write about the concept of the spiritual path; but few try to give a map and some lessons along the way. Paula does.
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her story, my story
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-05-15
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
SPiritual autobiographies can be a great way to focus in on what is happening in one's own life. Paula Huston's book gives inspiration to others seeking to deepen their own spiritual journey. I give this book to people who are just beginning a deliberate spiritual journey.
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The personal impact of The Holy Way
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-27
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Paula Huston's The Holy Way has made a significant impact on my personal and spiritual life. In many ways our lives are parallel, and her spiritual longing for divine transcendence is mine as well. Her book met me on many levels, and has resulted in several changes in outlook and lifestyle for me. Her stories are very human, yet show how a mind open to God and re-creation can result in healing and wholeness. Thank you, Paula Huston.
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