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Thomas Merton’s Paradise Journey: Writings on Contemplation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Thomas Merton is recognized for his exploration of contemplation. In this book, renowned Merton scholar William H. Shannon explores the development of Merton’s meditations on the subject, tracing the evolution of his thoughts from What is Contemplation? to his later works on Eastern religions. This book also includes excerpts from The Inner Experience. Merton had requested that this text never...

Some readers may remember a television show of some years ago, called, if I remember correctly, The Millionaire. It had to do with the Beresford-Tipton estate and its philanthropist who each week gave a million dollars to someone in need. His representative would come to him at the proper time. The millionaire would tell him about the person who was to be the beneficiary that week and then direct him to give that person a million dollars. The rest of the story told how the million dollars was used.
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