Feed the Wolf

Befriending Our Fears in the Way of Saint Francis

De: Jon M. Sweeney

Narrado por: Mike Carnes

Turn from fear and find peace.

Saint Francis understood soldiers and fools, mothers and fathers, businesspeople and rulers, poets and court entertainers, pastors and criminals. He was, at one time or another, in both subtle and obvious ways, all of these things.

Each spiritual lesson from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi begins with an invitation to embrace the wolf - to consider another viewpoint, to befriend our fears, and to discover something new. The path Saint Francis discovered is the way of faith made tangible - and his way was always a way of peace.

In Feed the Wolf, author and Saint Francis scholar Jon M. Sweeney explores 15 spiritual practices from the essential wisdom of Saint Francis to ease fear and uncertainty in our 21st century lives: touch what is frightening; refuse power; have nothing to lose; spend time in the woods; pray with the moon; turn toward what's simple; and more. The world's most popular saint has illuminated a peaceful path forward for those of us navigating today's precarious times.

©2021 Jon M. Sweeney (P)2021 eChristian

a great book on living In the footsteps of Francis

a wonderfully put together guide into Francis of Assisi's life and way, and how to live that today.

Sneering modernism

I really enjoyed the author’s book on St Peter Faber, but I’ve been very disappointed with his St Francis books. They’re so skeptical of old stories and even the Catholic Church itself. I gave up after he says it was more likely that the Crusader’s beat St Francis than the Muslims, because the Crusaders were violent and warlike.
For all the talk of “reclaiming” St Francis and finding the real man, Sweeney’s just trying to shape him into something appealing to the day we live in now.