Soul Provider: Spiritual Steps to Limitless Love

by Edward L. Beck

Book Overview

This contemporary look at the seventh-century classic The Ladder of Divine Ascent brilliantly illuminates the enduring relevance of centuries-old spiritual concepts. In The Ladder of Divine Ascent ,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385515537
• ISBN13: 9780385515535
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Image
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Soul Provider nourishes the spirit

I had the pleasure of hearing Fr. Beck several times when he was a guest priest at St. Thomas More church in Sarasota, Fl. I have also read his earlier books. What I come away with is how genuine and real he is. His stories and his humor bring life to wonderful spiritual wisdom. Soul Provider is practical and helpful in putting this wisdom to use. I will read this book often and I have given it as gifts because it "says it all".

Soul Provider really provides for the soul !

If you've been searching for a way to deepen your connection with God, and are uncertain about how to begin. Read this book. In Soul Provider Father Beck takes you step by step in your spiritual journey by exploring the virtues and vices that we can all relate to as human beings. He bases his book on a traditional 30 step work by St. John Climacus which he updates into modern terms that people of all faiths and backgrounds can appreciate. By sharing his own personal experiences, and the real life stories of the people he's met, Father Beck helps us to see how our relationships with other people, and how we treat them is essentially the path to God's limitless love. How refreshing in this "me first" society that we live in to read a book that puts God and neighbor first. I found this book to be quite cathartic, and growth inspiring to find joy in paths that are good for the soul. I highly recommend Soul Provider to anyone brave enough to challenge themselves to seek true happiness.

Another great book by Father Beck

I purchased "Soul Provider" solely (no pun intended) on the basis of reading Father Beck's two earlier books, God Underneath and Unlikely Ways Home, both which I heartily recommend. The real life examples he uses to illustrate the 30 steps are sometimes poignant, sometimes downright hilarious, but are always relevant. Thanks, Father Beck, for yet another wonderful, inspirational book.