For many of us, living simply is simply impossible. We just have too much to do. But one of the main reasons we think simple living is impossible is that we are unsure of how to get a simpler life started. Drawing on the powerful histories of the saints and her own personal experience, author Paula Huston shows us how living simply begins with a commitment to spiritual simplicity in our lives.

Each chapter in The Holy Way introduces a different spiritual practice, including solitude, purity, and generosity, and explores it through historical perspectives and Huston’s compelling personal reflections. From Saint Anthony’s chosen life of solitude to Saint Catherine of Siena’s strength of conviction, Huston tells stories of courageous faith that exemplify the blessed and transformative power of being alone with God and living simply.

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A wonderful synthesis of self-reflection and monastic learning, of conscience and character formation, The Holy Way is simply one of the best applications of the lives of the saints to contemporary experience that I have ever read.
5/1/2003 - By   Robert Inchausti, author, Thomas Merton’s American Prophecy

Whoever reads these pages slowly, meditatively, and prayerfully will undoubtedly be helped on their own way towards personal integration and union with God.
5/1/2003 - By   Fr. Robert Hale, O.S.B., Cam., Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley

Spirituality written with the grace and personal vividness of a novelist, with down-to-earth practicality. This book will give solace and guidance to those who have felt the interior call to simplicity, the intense gravitational pull of the God within.
5/1/2003 - By   Bruno Barnhart, Camaldolese monk and author, Second Simplicity

Huston offers one of the best books available on living the simple life. This excellent guidebook will motivate many readers.
9/15/2003 - By   Publishers Weekly,STARRED REVIEW

To live in holy simplicity is to depart from the ordinary, Huston says, to take a path of bravery whose way she admirable illuminates.
10/1/2003 - By   Booklist

The Holy Way is a good reminder, amid the chaotic demands of the modern world, of the reasons to simplify our lives and quiet our inner selves.
12/17/2003 - By   The Los Angeles Times

Huston is a role model for those who want to simplify their lives and clearly demonstrates that this path is available to anyone who wants to travel it. The Holy Way is a highly recommended book for any audience.
1/1/2004 - By   Midwest Book Review

"... well-written and perceptive ..."
1/16/2004 - By   The Dallas Morning News