The Art of Spiritual Direction: Giving and Receiving Spiritual Guidance
W. Paul Jones was born into a Methodist family, became a Trappist monk in 1989 and took his life vows for the priesthood in 1992. Retired as a professor of theology at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, his social justice work centers on the rural poor and prisoners on death row. He directs the Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center and describes himself as "having a Protestant mind and a Catholic heart."