Stalking the Divine, by Kristin Ohlson

Stalking the Divine, by Kristin Ohlson. This is a fascinating amalgam of the spiritual journey of the author and her generation coupled with a history of the Poor Clares, an organization of contemplative nuns. The story shows the stark contrast between the conditional faith common in the modern era and the dedicated stoicism of the recent past. Ms. Ohlson's research is expemplary. Her interviews with the nuns are described with sympathetic detail. This is a fascinating read, not just for what it tells us about the Poor Clares, or about Kristin Ohlson, but what it reveals about a life of faith in the 21st century.