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Title: Weeds Among the Wheat Discernment: Where Prayer and Action Meet by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0-87793-318-9 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: July, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Clearing the Cobwebs
Comment: I had long been puzzled by the idea of discerning the will of God in my life. Finally, Weeds Among the Wheat has helped me to understand that it requires total and complete commitment to getting to know God well enough to see and trust his movements in my life. It truly requires a spousal relationship and trust is the key issue.
Rating: 2
Summary: Fr. Green can¿t escape Catholic roots
Comment: *Weeds Among the Wheat* provides a good introduction to the principles of discernment, but is not without flaws. Thomas Green's attempt to make the case for Christian maturity - a relationship with God in which we, as His adult children, take responsibility for decisions - is commendable. However, it's offset by the intermittent patriarchal vein that permeates his philosophy. That's nothing to be wondered at, given his pre-Vatican II formation. But the insistence on the primacy of the voice of pope and priest, and the indispensability of the spiritual director, hardly supports his maturity thesis. There's no room here for the inward light of the Holy Spirit, "who lives in all believers so that they no longer need anyone to teach (them) what is true.. For the Spirit teaches (them) all things". His parochial bias is evident as well; not a single author cited is from outside the Catholic tradition. For a more balanced view, I recommend the excellent *Listening to God in Times of Decision* by Gordon Smith - who, by the way, is a former student of Fr. Green's, and effectively separates the "wheat from the weeds" of Fr. Green's approach.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fine Book....Much Food for Thought
Comment: I first began to consider the "art" of discernment at a retreat last year and purchased the book to read shortly thereafter. As we week to discover or discern God's plan for us, WEEDS AMONG THE WHEAT provides an excellent discussion of the topic in clear, articulate language. Unlike many texts, this book is highly readable whether one has actual training in theology or is relatively new to spiritual exploration. As Christians and Catholics, we are called to do God's work, not just what we think is God's work. We are called to do God's work in our daily lives in the world at large, not just during solitary times of prayer or devotion.
Father Green provides a rich source of information in developing discernment in the context of a special lifelong journey. It is an excellent introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola and to "the place where prayer and action meet."
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Title: When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0877936412 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Opening to God by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0877931364 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: October, 1977 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: A Vacation With the Lord: A Personal, Directed Retreat Based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0898707781 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Drinking from a Dry Well by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0877934509 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Friend of the Bridegroom: Spiritual Direction and the Encounter With Christ by Thomas H. Green ISBN: 0877939381 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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