In this engaging guide, M. Basil Pennington takes us on a retreat with Thomas Merton, in Mertons own Kentucky hermitage, reading his writings on the spiritual life, praying the hours, caring for the birds on the front porch. This is the place where Merton found greater silence and solitude than was possible for him within the walls of the monastery. Pennington fills this eloquent introduction to Merton with photographs taken in and around the hermitage. Engaging the World with Merton enables each of us to have a retreat with Penningtons friend and mentor as our companion, as we seek the kingdom of God within.About author(s):M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, was one of the most-loved spiritual writers of the 20th century. His classic, Centering Prayer, has sold more than one million copies. A Trappist monk for more than 50 years, he died in 2005.