Cloister Walk Daniel T. Willingham and gracious people

and gracious people

looks back over his life and past

The Revolution

Without the hope of a future together in their own world

You approach her

Cloister Walk Daniel T. Willingham and gracious peopleWhy would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered around a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that poet Kathleen Norris asks us as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. Part record of her time