The Desert: An Anthology for Lent
".a collection of samples of classic spirituality both new and ageless, this book can be used as a personal reflective book or for group sharing and is especially timely as a Lenten book when Christians as a whole do take the time for a deeper understanding and inner reflection of their faith."  --Church & Synagogue Libraries"A fine introduction offers a history of desert spirituality, and an epilogue on the literature of the desert completes this lovely, simple book."  --Religious Resource International"The Desert counts down the days of Lent with appropriate quotes from the desert tradition of faith and prayer. Readers who use these quotations as a basis for daily reflection and prayer will find them divided into five themes: solitude, testing, self-emptying, encounter, and transfiguration. Moses includes brief chapters on the history of the desert tradition, its particular type of Christian experience, and the literature which has come from it."  --The Pennsylvania Episcopalian"This is definitely a reader-friendly book for Lent. The author is the dynamic new Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, whose predecessors include such literary giants as John Donne. First, he tells us the story of the Desert Fathers who retreated to the wilderness in the fourth and fifth centuries when the Emperor Constantine's establishment of Christianity severely watered down the faith. He does this with a simple style, avoiding complex unpronounceable verbiage. When he has introduced us to the spirituality of the desert, to the use of solitude, he then gives the reader daily soul food to chew on. It can be used for personal devotion or as a small group study resource."  --The Living Church...  definitely a reader friendly book for Lent...  for personal devotion or as a small group study resource.  --The Living Church...  fine introduction offers a history of desert spirituality...  epilogue on the literature of the desert completes this lovely, simple book.  --Religious Resource International...  personal reflective book or for group sharing...  especially timely as a Lenten book...   --Church and Synagogue Library Association