Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life

From the introduction: "I want to reflect on this lonely place in our lives. Somewhere we know that without a lonely place our lives are in danger. Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. Somewhere we know that without a lonely place our actions quickly become empty gestures...Let us therefore look somewhat closer, first at our life in action, and then at our life in solitude."