Book Review - Secular Sanctity by Edward Hays

I have read several books by Father Edward Hays, who was a priest in the Diocese of Kansas City.  His books are very practical and very perceptive.  There is a book of blessings that he wrote, which I find to be a modern approach to the blessings found in the Catholic book of blessings.  His book Secular Sanctity is a book of essays of how the sacred intersects with the reality of our lives.  The first chapter was about how reading in a prayerful manner can enhance our journey of faith.  I really like the chapter on questioning, how we can either use questions in a manner a creative, inquisitive child asks a question to discover things on his journey of understanding and discovering life.  We are called to ask question in the spirit of how a mystic questions life.   There was also a chapter on being welcoming as a intrinsic part of our spirituality.  Jesus and his disciples depended upon hospitality as they traveled from village to village to proclaim the Good News, so hospitality became very important to the Early Church.   I will definitely go back to these chapters again to get ideas for homilies and reflections.