The Restless Heart: Ronald Rolheiser

I really enjoyed this book... not least because you just get the best looks when reading a book about loneliness on the train! Rolheiser (also writer of the Sahttered Lantern), not only has good titles for his books, but captures a beautful thought about the nature of loneliness. He takes time to look at the negatives of it (its roots in alienations, rootlessness etc), but is so redemptive about it. He strips down the stigma around it in our "success" based world and talks honestly about how restlessness and the fact that this is not homw can make us feel lonly. He sees God as the source of comfort, but also talks about how we may need to live in this slightly lonely tension from time to time.

great read