The stress of the typical American day can be relentless. Monasteries: A Stressed-Out American's Search For Solitude offers a place to get away from it all. For centuries monks have found peace and solitude in monasteries. Now everyone has access to these places of refuge. Your visit to a monastery can be a refreshing time of prayer or valuable time alone.
Seasoned traveler and author Jim Murphy leads you on a journey to seven Christian monasteries in the United States. Through interviews, ancient and contemporary music, and natural and man-made beauty, you can find your perfect place of solitude.
DVD Features:
-The artistic beauty of St. Meinrad Archabbey
-A Romanian Orthodox Monastery and "Icon School"
-The Arizona desert and a down-to-earth adobe monastery
-The community of renowned musician John Michael Talbot
-Monastic followers of St. Francis of Assisi
-A Trappist monastery in the Ozark Mountains
-A winter visit with a hermit in northern Ontario, Canada
-A one-of-a-kind Lutheran monastery
Monasteries reporter Jim Murphy's spiritual journey has led him from the depths of the oceans to a walk across the United States. Jim is a world-renowned retreat master and the founder of Vera Cruz Communications.
This DVD also includes four of his biblical teachings:
-The Fruitful Seed
-The Faithful Mother
-Being like a Child
-The Heart of a Servant
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