The various crises we experience in society and culture today, at their root, reveal a spiritual problem: a profound lack of meaning. The mystical truths revealed in scripture can surely help.

Part One, "Entering the Desert," introduces the reader to principles of awareness, deep listening, and contemplation as essential for "hearing" what Scripture has to say.

Part Two details the importance of mystery and struggle in the process of healing from any past or present wounds.

And Part Three explores the "undivided heart" that is possible when we come to know God in silence and stillness. With Be Still it is possible to explore the contemplative dimensions of the Bible, either on your own or in a group setting, as you perhaps never have before.

Paperback 160 pp

Amos Smith has been an ordained United Church of Christ pastor for 18 years. He holds a Doctor of Ministry from Chicago Theological Seminary and teaches Contemporary Christian Mysticism at the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson. His first book, Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity's Mystic Roots is part of the curriculum at Richard Rohr's Living School of The Center for Action and Contemplation.

Amos Smith's unique voice is rooted in his long-term centering prayer practice and his international background.

"Be Still and Listen is a trumpet call to the inner treasures of contemporary Christian mysticism." -Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward

"A refreshing companion to your spiritual journey, helping you deepen your capacity for presence of being, assisting you to live in the here and now, and guiding you along the mystical path with Christ."-Phileena Heuertz, author of Pilgrimage of a Soul