J. Barrett Lee is an oblate (novice) of St. Gregory’s Abbey, Three Rivers, a Benedictine monastery in the Episcopal Church. He has variously worked as a substance abuse counselor, college professor, and pastor of congregations in New York and Michigan. Barrett currently works in Community Development & Parish Administration at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
He has been interviewed by the Associated Press and featured in Sojourners Magazine, Episcopal Cafe, Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice, Clarion: Journal of Spirituality and Justice, Coming Out Christian, A Good Word, and Baptist News Global.
Barrett currently lives in Kalamazoo with his spouse (a Presbyterian minister) and two kids.
Recommended Reading
- Henri J.M. Nouwen. Adam: God’s Beloved
- Jean Vanier. Becoming Human
- Anthony Marett-Crosby (ed.) The Benedictine Handbook
- Bob Ekblad. Reading the Bible With the Damned
- Dorothy Day. Selected Writings
- Joan Chittister. The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century
- Brennan Manning. The Ragamuffin Gospel
- William Stringfellow. An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land
- Thomas Keating. Open Mind, Open Heart
- John W. Nevin. The Mystical Presence
- Philip Schaff. The Principle of Protestantism
- W. Bradford Littlejohn. The Mercersburg Theology and the Quest for Reformed Catholicity
- Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation
