Holiday Blessings

Happy Holidays and a Blessed New Year!

As we embark upon the end of the year a Frank Sinatra song comes to mind - "It Was A Very Good Year."

For me 2012 was a great year: 

• I semi-retired
• Refurbished Leo's Den in England
• Had published my latest book, The Happy Heretic 
• Had a great time with Spiritual Travelers in Southern India

Not a bad year.

I hope you had a good year. If not, let's proactively look forward to making 2013 most special and productive in every way.

Blessed means having a spiritual joy. It's good to be happy, amongst friends and loved ones, feeling safe and secure. And I wish this for you all in the coming year!

By the time you receive this I will be at Leo's Den in England. Surrounded by family and friends. And, naturally, enjoying the cheese!

Many blessings,

Rev. Leo Booth

Special Delivery: Books

 Special Advanced Copies for my fans: 

The Angel and the Frog
Available to the public November 6, 2012
Signed copies are available to you, immediately!
Price $12.95

The Happy Heretic
Publication date December 3, 2012 

Order your signed copies in advance.
Price $9.95

Spirituality and Recovery
Released October 2, 2012 

Available immediately.
Price $12.95

To order signed/advance copies:
Call     562-494-2900
Email   michael@fatherleo.com
Shipping is $4 per book.

You can also find these books after their public release at:
My Website
Amazon
Barnes and Noble

Southern India - videos

What a wonderful way to spend time: traveling, meeting new people, experiencing what life has to offer. To those who joined me in Southern India this year, thank you for the opportunity to bond with you and bring you into my life. To those who were unable to attend this year, please plan to attend a journey with me next year by checking back on my Facebook page, my website, and in my newsletter for information as it is planned.

For those of you who were there, these videos may serve as a reminder of a time when you felt peace and enjoyment and want to recapture that feeling. For those of you who were unable to attend, please enjoy these souvenirs I've brought back to share with you.

Hindu procession

Majestic elephants

Highest point in Southern India, Anamudi

Finding God

Friends

Park in Kerala

Washing

Southern India 2012

I have just returned from India. I've always said that I don't want to read about the world; I want to see it.

Now you can see the India that I experienced in these videos.Don't miss them.

Excerpt from Dancing with Pelagius and Rumi

I've been hard at work on my newest book, The Happy Heretic -Dancing with Pelagius and Rumi, anticipated publication date 2012.

Always in a state of reflecting on my self and my journey, this novel is about seeing our relationship with God differently from the way I was raised as an Anglican. Today I see my life in partnership with God, not waiting for God to initiate actions but rather knowing that I have been given, by God, the power to act and create. This concept was argued by Pelagius against the teachings of Saint Augustine of Hippo; a similar belief was celebrated by the Muslim poet Rumi.

Unfortunately, Pelagius was condemned in the Fourth Century as a heretic and banished to Africa. Today I realize that I’m a Pelagian: hence a heretic. And I’m happy about this. I intend to put excerpts from my book on my Facebook page and I am sure it will create some chatter in the recovery community.

Here is an excerpt:

     Life is a series of choices, intelligent or ignorant, and the result determines happiness or disaster. An alternative position championed by Saint Augustine, is that God’s grace alone is influencing the good choices we make, and therefore we cannot and should not take credit. Pelagius agrees that God’s grace abounds but that does not change the fact that human beings have been given the freedom to act; if they are to be condemned for the evil actions that they create then they should be praised for their virtuous behaviors.
     I’m not waiting for God to stop bad things happening to me. I’m initiating, by my choice, a life of bliss by my partnership with God. I’m not sinful, I’m blessed. And yes, I’m the Happy Heretic.

Tour Southern India

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September 22^nd – October 6^th 2012

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