Over the past year, Thomas Nelson has published a series of books called The Ancient Practices Series. The books cover such topics as fasting, prayer, tithing, and the liturgical year. My husband and I were curious about the book by Joan Chittister titled The Liturgical Year . The book is actually by Sister Joan Chittister. She belongs to the Benedictine Order. That is an important piece of information because it tells you what perspective this book is written from--a Catholic perspective. I was curious as I read the introduction how that would shape the information in the book. It is a very readable book. But, the one word I would use to describe this book is "hyper-spiritual". There are some wonderful quotes in this book, but there are also several that verge on the line between Christian and New Age thinking. And it's very hard for me to discern the difference while I'm reading it. Sometimes it was very clear in the book a...