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Seasons by Tolbert McCarroll

In Seasons Brother Toby uses the experience of the Starcross Monastic Community as a background for a month-by-month contemplative journey through the year. For a broader perspective, he adds excerpts from the 1874 Shaker Journal of Elder Otis Sawyer of Sabbathday Lake, Maine. In the manner of his popular A Winter Walk, Brother Toby again speaks to the inner monk of people leading everyday lives. His emphasis on each person’s unfolding spiritual experience, rather than ideology or dogma, becomes more important as an increasing number of people have concerns about many religious institutions but continue to value the rich heritage of the transcendent traditions that have nourished our world and our lives.

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A Winter Walk by Tolbert McCarroll

Written by our own Brother Toby, this gem invites us to stroll through the season of winter.

His perceptive and eloquent reflections enhance and enrich our appreciation of nature’s gifts: birds, stars, rain, and above all, children. It also explores the rich history of celebrations of many different faith traditions, from Advent Wreaths to Bodhi Day, Chanukah, Ramadan, and Santa Lucia, helping us to embrace others and quietly fostering tolerance and peace. Beautifully illustrated by artist Dorothy Beebee, this hardbound book is a wonderful gift that will become a treasured part of the holidays for your family and friends for years to come.
 

Thinking With The Heart by Tolbert McCarroll

The publisher wrote: "In his new book, award-winning author Tolbert McCarroll shares his lifelong quest for the sacred with spiritual seekers who wish to rediscover their ancient faith traditions yet go beyond the official church and religious hierarchy.

"'There is an old official path across the meadow of our spiritual heritage and it is still recommended by some,' McCarroll writes. 'That old path is worn out and not very inviting to most people. But, the meadow itself is fresh and vibrant, always growing and changing. It would be a tragic mistake to abandon the meadow when we reject the old path. There can be many new refreshing paths into this magnificent landscape.'

"So begins this beautiful exploration of the common legacy. But even more than an exploration, it is Tolbert McCarroll's spiritual will and testament to us, we who are seekers of the divine."
 

A Way Of The Cross by Tolbert McCarroll; Photographs by Julie Zobelein

This little work has been used by many people to experience the Lenten season in a more personal and compassionate manner. It has been widely distributed in India and other countries. Photographs by Julie Zobelein, O.P.

Childsong/Monksong by Tolbert McCarroll

Childsong/Monksong tells the story of one special year in Brother Toby’s life, a year that took him from the Starcross Community, a monastic retreat set in the gentle hills of Northern California, to the hellish hospitals of Romania where children with AIDS were being warehoused and forgotten amongst appalling conditions.

Brother Toby recounts the dark night of his soul when even his faith was shaken by what he saw in Romania, and how with the help of two little girls from opposite ends of the world, one who dies, and one who is brought to a new life, he found his spiritual path once again. Childsong/Monksong is the beautiful story of a unique spiritual journey, and of the fears, struggles, and hopes that we all share.
 

Morning Glory Babies by Tolbert McCarroll

The Christopher Award-winning story of living through the seasons with the first children with AIDS at Starcross.