Comfort: An Atlas for the Body and Soul

“The human story of comfort is stretches of tranquility interrupted by periods of struggle. Rest and run, play and work, weekend and workday, celebration and crisis—our lives are built on such cycles. We learn that life is both beloved ease and uncomfortable challenge, often in succession, sometimes shifting without warning. Always both.”—from Comfort

 

Comfort is a need we share with just about every living creature. It's the craving to feel at one with the world we live in: warm (but not hot), protected (but not smothered), and secure (but not trapped) in what the future holds. Here, scholar and priest Brett C. Hoover explores this very human necessity in all of us. By turns lyrical and thought-provoking, funny and poignant, this book offers unexpected insights into the human search for meaning in our lives.