Abel, Cain and, 138–39
Acts, book of, 140–44
ACTS plan, 93
adoration, prayer and, 93
After Virtue (MacIntyre), 17
After You Believe (Wright), 49
Allison, C. FitzSimons, 22
apophatic theology, 93n4
Aquinas, Thomas. See Thomas Aquinas
asceticism, 67–69, 130, 159–61
Ash Wednesday, 159
Athanasius, 100
attention, 103–6. See also contemplation
Augustine, xx, 31–41, 50, 67, 79–80, 100, 123, 159, 180, 183. See also Confessions
authenticity, 66–67, 77–78, 116, 128
authority, community and, 148–53
awareness, contemplation and, 109–12, 128–29
Babel, tower of, 139–41
Bahnson, Fred, 93, 111–12, 163
Baldwin, James, 151
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 96, 181–82
basileas, 154
beauty, xvii–xviii, xx, 94–98, 103–12, 181–82
and art, 96–97
and perseverance, 89–90
and poetry, 95–97
and transformation, 100–101, 115–18
and work, 128–30
being, transcendence and, xvii–xviii
Bellah, Robert, 136
Bernard of Clairvaux, 100n23
Berry, Wendell, 92, 147, 150, 163–64, 184. See also Jayber Crow
Bethge, Eberhard, 176
Bible, the
community and, 138–40
goodness and, 51–53
Boersma, Hans, 105
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, xxi, 91, 145, 167–77, 183. See also Christ the Center; Life Together
bourbon, spiritual formation and, 115–18
Bowling Alone (Putnam), 136
Brooks, David, 35, 40, 84, 148
Brother Lawrence, 104
Bryant, Kobe, 102
Buechner, Frederick, 71
“Burnt Norton” (Eliot), 92
Cain, Abel and, 138–39
calendar, church, 157–61. See also Advent; Christmas; Easter; Epiphany; Lent; Ordinary Time; Pentecost
Capon, Robert Farrar, 117
cataphatic theology, 93n4
Catholicism, xv–xvii, 25–26, 41, 63, 82, 123, 152
Catholic Worker (magazine), 83
Catholic Worker movement, the, xx, 83–85
Celtic spirituality, 154
Champaigne, Philippe de, 40
Christ. See Jesus
Christ the Center (Bonhoeffer), 91
church, the, 140–44, 148–64, 167–77. See also community
Cicero, 34–35
Cloud of Unknowing, The, 110
Colbert, Stephen, 78
Communion, Holy. See Lord’s Supper, the
community
and accountability, 177
in the Bible, 138–44
church and, 140–44, 148–64, 167–77
as compelling, 153–55
and conflict, 150–51
and connections, 147–65
and encouragement, 178
goodness and, 82–83
and hospitality, 177–78
and idealism, 167–70
individualism and, xx–xxi, 135–38
and land, 163–64
and obedience, 148–53
and stewardship, 161–64
truth and, xviii, 21–22, 38–41
as web, 147–65
and witness, 153–55
Confessions (Augustine), xii, 31–32, 124n2
contemplation, 93–94, 103–19, 130
and distractions, 106–12
and feelings, 109–17
and mantras, 107–8
and repetition, 107–8
and thoughts, 109–12
contemplative phrases, 107–8
Counter-Reformation, 123
Craft, Jennifer Allen, 182
creation, the, 8–9, 20–21, 51, 98, 138
Cruelty of Heresy, The (Allison), 22
Cyprian, 152
Dante Alighieri, 67
Day, Dorothy, xx, 55, 79–86, 90, 182. See also Catholic Worker; Catholic Worker movement, the
de Gruchy, John W., 182
deification, incarnation and, 100–101
Deism, Moralistic Therapeutic, 4–5
democracy of the dead, xv–xvi. See also tradition
detachment, holy, 112–15
digital community, problem of, 151n9
doctrine, story and, 19–22
Dodson, Jonathan, 23
Donatism, 39–40
Driscoll, Mark, 78
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (Bernini), 124
Eisenhower, Dwight, 65
Eliot, T. S., 92
Ephrem the Syrian, 96
Epiphany, 159
essence, energies and, 100n22
eternal life, nature of, 53–56
Eucharist, the. See Lord’s Supper, the
evil, problem of, 34–35
examen, practice of, 87
Fabrycky, Laura, 172
Florence and the Machine, 118–19
folly, holy, 183–84
forgetfulness, 6–8. See also truth: and remembrance
framing narrative, 19–22
Francis (pope), 135
From Isolation to Community (Werntz), 173
Fujimura, Makoto, 95
fulfillment, spiritual, xii–xiii. See also rest, searching for
Giving Tree, The (Silverstein), xi, xxii
God, beauty of, 94–98
Godspeed, 149–50
González, Justo, 38
Good Friday, 160
goodness, xvii–xviii, xx, 47–57, 59–76, 182
and failure, 66
and habit, 69–74
and hypocrisy, 66–67
as natural, 72
and renunciation, 69
ritual, goodness and, 60–61, 71–72
as unnatural, 72
and vice, 67–68
and weakness, 67–68
Good Samaritan, parable of, 54–55
Great Divorce, The (Lewis), 74–75
Gregory the Great, 67
Hart, David Bentley, 181
Hauerwas, Stanley, xix, 5, 18–19, 45, 64–65, 71, 135, 137, 144, 149, 156–57
heart, the. See love
Herbert, George, 1
Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 115, 131, 157
Holy Saturday, 160
Holy Spirit, the, 24, 131, 140–41, 152, 161, 183
honor, interiority of, 128–29
Hortensius (Cicero), 34
Horton, Michael, 100n22
humility, self-knowledge and, 129
hunger, fulfillment and, xii. See also rest, searching for
Hunter, George, III, 154
illumination, spiritual, 117
individualism, xv, xx–xxi, 32, 135–38, 140–44
expressivist, 136
and happiness, 136
and loneliness, 136–37, 163–64
utilitarian, 136
Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin), 23–24
Interior Castle, The (Teresa of Ávila), 125–28, 130
interiority, faith and, 32, 62, 121–30
Isaac the Syrian, 67
Isenheim Altarpiece (Grünewald), 97
isolation, social, 136–37, 151n9
Israel, story of, 6–7, 51–52, 99, 139
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (U2), xxi
Jacobs, Alan, xvi
Jayber Crow (Berry), 92, 147–48
Jensen, Robin, 97
Jesus
beauty and, 99–101
community and, 139–40, 143, 173–75
goodness and, 52–56
John Cassian, 67–69
John Chrysostom, 95
John of the Cross, 106, 115–16
Johnson, Dru, 51
Jungle, The (Sinclair), 80
justification, sanctification and, 24
Kepler, Johannes, xx
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 54
Kreeft, Peter, 181
Lady Bird (Gerwig), 104
Laird, Martin, 108–10
lectio divina, 131
Lewis, C. S., xii, 19–20, 72, 74, 97
lex orandi, lex credendi, 62
Life Together (Bonhoeffer), 167–68, 171, 173n16, 174, 176
liturgical year, the, 155–61. See also calendar, church
Long Loneliness, The (Day), 79–86
Lopez, Barry, 163
Lord’s Supper, the, 13–15, 56–57, 82–83, 101–2, 144–45
love
goodness and, 50–56, 63–64, 79–86
truth and, 39–41
Lovelace, Richard, 23
Luther, Martin, 15, 24–26, 61–62, 123
MacIntyre, Alasdair, 17
Mary and Martha, 129–30
Maundy Thursday, 160
Maurin, Peter, 83–85
Mayfield, D. L., 85
McDermott, John, 102
memory. See truth: and remembrance
Mere Christianity (Lewis), 72
Merton, Thomas, xix, 90, 94–95, 108, 112, 116, 118
Milliner, Matthew, 115–18
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, 4–5
mysticism. See contemplation
neighbor, love of, 54–55
Nicene Creed, 20
Nicholas Cabasilas, 100
Nicholas of Cusa, 91
Niebuhr, Richard, 4
Noll, Mark, 3
Nouwen, Henri, xxi
Nwigwe, Tobe, 69
O’Malley, Timothy, 83
original sin, 40–41. See also sin
pain. See suffering
Palmer, Parker, 36
Pascal, Blaise, xii
Paschal Triduum, the, 160
Paul (apostle), xx, 7–8, 13, 22–23, 29n13, 50, 55–56, 63, 66, 127, 141–42, 183
Pelagius/Pelagianism, 40–41
personality tests, use of, 66nn10–11
Peter (apostle), 100, 141, 152
Phelps, Michael, 70
Philip, the eunuch and, 12
Philippi, church at, 141–44
Pink, A. W., 29
Plato, xvii
Pohl, Christine, 153
poor, care for the, 80–81, 83–85, 153–54, 171–73
practice, spiritual, 28–29, 59–76
prayer, 62–63, 92–94, 106–8, 115, 124–25, 128–31. See also contemplation
centering prayer, 131
and confession, 93
and supplication, 93
and thanksgiving, 93
productivity, stillness and, 92–94
purgation, spiritual, 115–17
as death, 115–17
as emptying, 115–17
Reformation, the, xv, xvii, 23–26, 61–63, 123
Renewal as a Way of Life (Lovelace), 23
rest, searching for, xi–xiii, xxi–xxii, 31–32, 180–81
and experience, 122–24, 128–30
revivals, renewal and, 23–24
Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, The (podcast), 78
Robinson, Marilynne, 169–70
Rohr, Richard, 157n21
Rolheiser, Ronald, xii, 60–61, 149, 180
Roman Catholic Church. See Catholicism
rule of life, creation of, 87
Sabbath, the, 131–32
sacrament, 71, 105–6. See also baptism; Lord’s Supper, the
salvation, the church and, 152–53
satiation, spiritual, xii–xiii. See also rest, searching for
Saward, John, 183
Schmemann, Alexander, 22
self-examination, 87
self-righteousness, 55–56
Seven Storey Mountain, The (Merton), xix
sin
beauty and, 98–99
community and, 138–39
Sinclair, Upton, 80
singing, Scripture and, 42
Smith, Christian, 4
Smith, James K. A., 36
sola scriptura, 122
stillness, 92–94. See also contemplation
Sullivan, Shirley Darcus, 125
Swift, Taylor, 135
Talladega Nights, 179–80
Taylor, Charles, 100
Teresa of Ávila, xx, 121–30, 183
tests, personality, 66nn10–11
Thérèse of Lisieux, 183
Thomas Aquinas, 67, 74, 95, 101
Thompson, Gregory, 105
Transcendent, the, xvii–xviii, xxi
transcendentals. See beauty; community; goodness; truth
truth
goodness and, 47–49
and judgment, 28
and knowledge, 27–29
and myth, 19–22
and remembrance, 6–8, 13–15, 42
and renewal, 23–24
and sanctification, 24–25
theology and, xx, 38–41, 181–82
as tool, 38–41
as weapon, 38–41
union, spiritual, 117–18
unity, transcendental. See community
unrest. See rest, searching for
virtue. See goodness
vision, revelation and, 122–24, 128
von Balthasar, Hans Urs. See Balthasar, Hans Urs von
Wall, Paul, 12
Ward, Mary, 79
Warren, Tish Harrison, 60, 62, 71, 83
Webber, Robert, 133
Werntz, Myles, 85, 137, 148, 156, 173
Willard, Dallas, 59
Williams, Rowan, 68, 93n4, 94, 106, 110, 113, 123, 125, 179
Willimon, William, 65
wisdom
as holistic, 27–29
and truth, 27–29