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Living with the Monks

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Publisher
Center Street
Language
English
Published
2018
  • Contemplation
  • Spiritual retreats
  • Monasticism and religious orders
  • Spiritual biography

Entrepreneur and one-time rapper (under the name Jesse Jaymes) Jesse Itzler's life is bold and risky until he realizes he's ready for a major change. He decides to take up residence with the New Skete monks, a Russian Orthodox religious order in upstate New York. What he learns about the monks-- and himself-- is the focus of this memoir.