From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart

Description

In the spirit of Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain and Dorothy Day’s The Long Loneliness, From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart chronicles the journey of a young Christian seeking a personal relationship with Christ within the context of a faith community committed to love, justice, and solidarity with the poor. Haw’s journey spans contemporary American Christianity – from a nominal Catholic background to megachurch Evangelicalism, to a new monastic community, and then to Catholicism after an intense spiritual experience on Good Friday.

Author

Chris Haw is a husband, father, carpenter, adjunct professor at Cabrini College, and founder of Camden Houses, an intentional community based in Camden, New Jersey. Haw, who returned to the Catholic Church in 2006, is a leader in the New Monasticism movement and in 2008 he co-wrote Jesus for President with his friend Shane Claiborne.

Endorsement

“Because of Haw’s lucid line of thought, it reminded me of G K Chesterton’s Orthodoxy. But the book offers today’s readers unique gifts as well, because Chris feels the peculiar challenges of the present moment. He proclaims a catholic faith (big or small “C”) that is simultaneously rooted in history and engaged with our gritty, conflicted, often superficial, and yet profoundly questioning world.” – Brian McLaren