Few storytellers can capture the sense of the divine as Brother Toby can. In this beautifully decorated and illustrated hardcover gift book, the reader is invited to stroll along with this outstanding monk through the wintry season of darkness, candlelight and the rich symbols and celebrations of all faiths. Each reflection enhances the appreciation of its topic including the Advent Wreath, Bodhi Day, Chanukah, Ramadan, Santa Lucia and Epiphany.
I am not good at a bio. So I will stick with what they put on my latest book SEASONS: Through a Year with a Contemporary Monastic Family
Tolbert McCarroll, better known as "Brother Toby", has lived by Meister Eckhart's adage that what a person acquires by contemplation should be spent in compassion. He is a highly respected spiritual guide for people on many paths and journeys. An award-winning author of 10 books, including, A WINTER WALK, NOTES FROM THE SONG OF LIFE and CHILDSONG, MONKSONG, Brother Toby is a founding member of Starcross Monastic Community (www.starcross.org). A former attorney for humanitarian causes, he has for 50 years, ventured forth in response to children and others in need. As his long-time colleague Sister Marti puts it, "He is an old lion now -- but he is still a lion!" The adoptive father of several children, he has established homes for children oppressed by the AIDS pandemic in California, Romania and Uganda. At Starcross he writes daily. In recent years he has had a special concern for the spiritually wounded and those disappointed by their faith communities. At 80 he is increasingly looking for God in the ordinary moments of life. Despite occasional medical challenges, he takes great delight in his children, nature, a cup of tea, music, his greenhouse, the olive groves, and his cats -- stately Cyrano and feisty Tigger, who are constant companions.
