Brother David Steindl-Rast is a Benedictine monk and one of the leading figures in a worldwide gratitude movement. Long before gratitude became a hot topic of scientific research, Brother David was ...

We all want to be happy, says David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you're going, and above all ...

This Catholic Benedictine monk says grateful living is a spiritual practice. For decades Brother David has lived part of his life as a hermit, in prayer and contemplation and writing books. The other ...

"Gratitude is a real practice, as valid as yoga or Zen meditation or Sufi dancing -- if you take it seriously," Br. Steindl-Rast tells Tom Fox. Gratitude, he said, "starts with surprise. We deprive ...

A popular TED Talk lecture extolling the virtues of gratitude has been viewed nearly 6 million times on that organization’s website. Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, says, “It is not ...

The enigmatic title of Benedictine Br. David Steindl-Rast's new memoir, i am through you so i, is taken from a line of e.e. cummings' poetry and was selected because it sums up the author's belief: I ...

KATE OLSON, correspondent: On a recent Saturday morning at the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California, church members and neighbors gathered to hear Brother David talk about living “a ...