The Kitchen Where God Made His Home
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection spent most of his life washing pots in a Carmelite monastery kitchen in Paris. Born Nicolas Herman around 1614 in...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 14:23-29.
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection spent most of his life washing pots in a Carmelite monastery kitchen in Paris. Born Nicolas Herman around 1614 in Lorraine, France, he was a former soldier with a permanent limp and no formal education. Yet visitors traveled across Europe to seek his counsel, because something unmistakable radiated from this humble kitchen worker. When asked his secret, Brother Lawrence described what he called "the practice of the presence of God."…
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