KATE OLSON, correspondent: On a recent Saturday morning at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California, church members and neighbors gathered to hear Brother David talk about living “a ...

Episode 1: Gratitude and the Web of Being (13 min.) "Gratitude is a real practice, as valid as yoga or Zen meditation or Sufi dancing -- if you take it seriously," Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast ...

Brother David Steindl-Rast is a Benedictine monk and one of the leading figures in a worldwide gratitude movement. Long before gratitude became a hot topic of scientific research, Brother David was ...

CLIP: Brother David Steindl-Rast on the Life of a Benedictine Monk Oprah Winfrey is joined by Brother David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, author and scholar, to talk about the true source of lasting ...

For many Americans, the Thanksgiving holiday is about gorging on a sumptuous meal, spending time with family and gearing up for the busiest shopping day of the year. Of course, it's also supposed to ...

We all want to be happy, says David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you're going, and above all ...

One of the founders of the contemporary renewal of the reflective tradition in Christianity. Benedictine monk David entered the interfaith dialogue movement relatively early for a Catholic- commencing ...

Thomas Paine might have approved of this inspirational gift book, which heralds common sense in the sayings of Jesus and in world folklore. Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk in western N.Y., maintains ...

Popular spirituality teacher Steindl-Rast (Gratefulness) writes a deceptively short book packed with rich food for thought. The Benedictine monk offers deep insight into prayer in a fetching opening ...

"Imagine a world in which people would face the situation that we are in and ask the question: "Isn't there something we can do?' " Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast said. "Surely we could do ...

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