Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast tells Fox: The monotheistic notion of God that we have inherited, the notion that God is separated from us, that God gives us gifts and demands certain things of us ...

KATE OLSON, correspondent: On a recent Saturday morning at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California, church members and neighbors gathered to hear Brother David talk about living “a ...

Brother David Steindl-Rast is a Benedictine monk and one of the leading figures in a worldwide gratitude movement. Long before gratitude became a hot topic of scientific research, Brother David was ...

CLIP: Brother David Steindl-Rast on the Life of a Benedictine Monk Oprah Winfrey is joined by Brother David Steindl-Rast, Benedictine monk, author and scholar, to talk about the true source of lasting ...

We all want to be happy, says David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you're going, and above all ...

A popular TED Talk lecture extolling the virtues of gratitude has been viewed nearly 6 million times on that organization’s website. Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, says, “It is not ...

One of the founders of the contemporary renewal of the reflective tradition in Christianity. Benedictine monk David entered the interfaith dialogue movement relatively early for a Catholic- commencing ...

Episode 1: Gratitude and the Web of Being (13 min.) "Gratitude is a real practice, as valid as yoga or Zen meditation or Sufi dancing -- if you take it seriously," Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast ...

This Catholic Benedictine monk says grateful living is a spiritual practice. For decades Brother David has lived part of his life as a hermit, in prayer and contemplation and writing books. The other ...

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Mysticism is the birthright of every human being, says Br. David ...

Imagine a world in which all of life sings the song of gratitude and imagine that it can really happen! You might think it's an impossible dream considering the current state of the planet, with its ...