About Robert Benson

Robert Benson has spent his life writing and speaking about one thing: Paying attention for the everyday things that point us to the presence of the Holy in our lives. About our longing for home and community and a sense of belonging. About our practice and ritual and work and play and contemplation. About the way such things can be constant reminders of who we are and who we are to become. He has published more than twenty books ranging from books on prayer and liturgy and spirituality and vocation to travel and gardening and baseball and the Rule of St. Benedict. They include Between the Dreaming and the Coming True, Living Prayer, In Constant Prayer, That We May Perfectly Love Thee, and Dancing on the Head of a Pen.

Critically acclaimed in publications as diverse as The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers’ Weekly, BookPage, Library Journal, The American Benedictine Review, and Spirituality and Health, he is recognized for his lyrical, gentle, humorous writing and his quiet, humble, pointed insight into living contemplatively and prayerfully in the modern world. He is a lifelong churchman, an alumnus of The Academy for Spiritual Formation, a parishioner at an Episcopal church, a member of The Friends of Silence & of the Poor, and was named a Living Spiritual Teacher by Spirituality & Practice.com. He has taught writers workshops in conjunction with St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota and as adjunct faculty for The Academy for Spiritual Formation. He has traveled the country for more than thirty years speaking at dozens of retreats, churches, writers’ conferences, and workshops. He lives and writes and pays attention for the Holy at his home in Jackson, Mississippi.

Robert is available for conferences, workshops, and events. Just click on the contact page and send him a message.