In Due Season: A Catholic Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Paul Wilkes

Community & Culture

Jossey-Bass

Ten years ago, Wilkes published one of the seminal works on the value lessons that monastic life holds for modern, secular life: Beyond the Walls. Over the course of one year, he made monthly trips to the brothers at Mepkin Abbey. During each visit he focused on a particular aspect of monastic life, and each month s visit comprises a chapter of this book. 
 In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of the classic work, author Paul Wilkes has added his own original, full-color photography and a new Introduction. Each chapter opens with a description of Wilkes' physical visit to the monastery, which he uses to lead into difficult explorations of issues such as faith, prayer, community, and discernment. 
 Each chapter closes as Wilkes searches for the proper ways to integrate what he learned during his time at the Abbey into his life as a father, husband, teach, writer, and lay minister. He uses monastic wisdom to speak to the journey of faith itself, letting readers discover their own path "beyond the walls."

Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life

History

ACTA Publications

Your Second to Last Chapter (the time in life after children are raised and careers are winding down) offers you a chance to follow the voice in you that is deeper than any religious belief or spiritual path. It is calling you to find new meaning in your life by choosing on your own terms and in your own way a project, a cause, a mission for which your unique talents and life experiences have prepared you. Paul Wilkes will be your guide on this journey, with compelling examples (including his own), specific suggestions, and plenty of encouragement. You cannot summon this voice. You can only welcome it by giving it the room to enter your life and then listening to what it is saying to you.

Your Second to Last Chapter: Creating a Meaningful Life on Your Own Terms

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