Book Review: A Monk in High Heels

  Brenda Keller was a desperate college sophomore when she made her first call “hoping they would in fact not have an opening. Ever.” Her professor had told her openings were “few and far between” and sometimes scheduled a year or more in advance. But there was a cancellation. And so she stumbled into the presence of God on the grounds and within the walls of a monastery. About that first time, she writes in her book A Monk in High Heels: “Closing the curtains, I crossed my arms and leaned against the white painted walls. It bothered me more than I thought it would, that not knowing a small thing like the time made me feel so out of control.” ~p. 14 But though those early hours were a wee scary, she learned to lean into...