Dom Christopher Jamison OSB is Australian by birth but moved to England as a child. After graduating from Oxford, he joined the Benedictine community at Worth and later became Abbot. He currently serves as Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation and is much in demand as a speaker and broadcaster.
Acknowledgements Introduction Why transcendence? Why the language of grace?
Language: a pathway to grace Language four way 1 What is Grace? Mistrust:
graceless living Grace: trust restored 'Our minds are not our own'
Reclaiming Our Minds 2 Listening What is language? Silence: Shusaka endo
Listening to silence: contemplation Listening to words: discernment 3
Speaking The legend of not speaking Finding your voice Speaking with people
along the road Jesus the storyteller Speaking well today 4 Writing What is
writing? St John of the Cross: The Spiritual Canticle St John of the Cross:
Dark Night St Teresa of Avila Being human, the way to the divine 'We do not
write to be understood; we write to understand' (c. day lewis) writing
exercises 5 Reading Ways of reading Reasons for reading Reading for grace
Reading Gilead 6 Reading the Situation Language beyond words Glorious
language The language of song Language that builds consensus Authenticity
The Past The Future Conclusion Bibliography
