The Kingdom of God Is Like . . .

by Thomas Keating

The author stirs the imagination with insightful commentary on the parables. Although originally told to people in a vastly different world, these stories are timeless and have much to say to all of us here and now.

Genres: Religion, Spirituality, Nonfiction

118 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

About the author

Keating entered the Cistercian Order in Valley Falls, Rhode Island in January, 1944. He was appointed Superior of St. Benedict's Monastery, Snowmass, Colorado in 1958, and was elected abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, Spencer, Massachusetts in 1961. He returned to Snowmass after retiring as abbot of Spencer in 1981, where he established a program of ten-day intensive retreats in the practice of Centering Prayer, a contemporary form of the Christian contemplative tradition.

He is one of three architects of Centering Prayer, a contemporary method of contemplative prayer, that emerged from St. Joseph's Abbey in 1975. Frs. William Menninger and Basil Pennington, also Cistercian monks, were the other architects.
n 1984, Fr. Thomas Keating along with Gustave Reininger and Edward Bednar, co-founded Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., an international, ecumenical spiritual network that teaches the practice of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina, a method of prayer drawn from the Christian contemplative tradition. Contemplative Outreach provides a support system for those on the contemplative path through a wide variety of resources, workshops, and retreats.
Fr. Keating currently lives at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.

Reviews

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Based.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this little book worked out nicely. Keating takes parables from the Gospels and his studies on them do well to show both their place in historical time and modern relevance, and also present Christ's message as both simple for all and radical in their vision.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find the writings of Thomas Keating to really speak to me, right to my heart. The little chapters in this book allows me to read one a day and really contemplate the parable. Father Thomas, as always, seems to get right to the heart of the teaching. Such beauty.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Keating offers explanations of several of Jesus' parables.