cover image The Christian Family Toolbox: 52 Benedictine Activities for the Home

The Christian Family Toolbox: 52 Benedictine Activities for the Home

David Robinson. Crossroad Publishing Company, $18.95 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-8245-1958-2

Although the sixth-century Rule of St. Benedict has primarily been applied to monastic life and was originally written for the monastic situation can it also pertain to families? Absolutely, says David Robinson, a Presbyterian minister and father of three. In The Christian Family Toolbox: 52 Benedictine Activities for the Home, Robinson applies principles from the Rule to the oft-chaotic norms of family living. ""At the heart of Benedictine wisdom we find a family cloister,"" he notes, offering specific suggestions for communal prayer, mutual work and a ministry of hospitality. (Sept.)