includes index and biblioraphy

This is a book of readings Christians will like to use during Lent or throughout the year to feed their spiritual lives. The author`s selection represents the best of English language writing, incisive in spiritual insight and rich in literary merit. Here too are foreign writers who have had an impact on the religious life of the English speaking world. Intentionally focused on the Christian tradition, this book has at its centre the difference that Jesus Christ has made to the world. In forty steps, the book follows the christian search for God. God`s response to the searching soul, and the consequent journey of the spiritual life. It includes autobiography as well as studies of payer and practice.