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beside: an irish path of Christian formation

beside: an irish path of Christian formation

James, Edward

Paperback

Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

ISBN13: 9798254367215
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 31 2026
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A book about the ordinary life of faith - written for the people still showing up.

Beside is a Christian formation book rooted in the Irish monastic tradition. It is written for the person sitting in the car outside the church, the one holding a cup that has gone cold, the one who has not abandoned faith but can no longer find the path between belief and the actual shape of their days.

Structured around the Breastplate of Saint Patrick - Críost liom, Christ with me - the book moves in four parts: seeing, walking, becoming, belonging. Twelve chapters build twelve rules of common life, drawing on the early Irish Christians, the Desert Fathers, Benedict of Nursia, and the long tradition of formation through ordinary practice. Each chapter carries an Irish proverb, a closing prayer, and a practice to keep during the week.

Part I - A Way of Seeing asks what has already been forming you, before any practice was named.

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