James Nugent has 9 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is A Little Benedictine Oblate Manual.
A Little Benedictine Oblate Manual
Summary
There are many guides and books that give excellent wisdom for those who would seek to make an offering of their lives to God. Still there is little practical information about how about how to go about the day to day business of being a Benedictine Oblate. This audiobook is an attempt to give practical suggestions to the beginner and the "expert". However, if what you do, gets you closer to God every day, then don't change a thing. But if you need new materials, new practices, new ideas or attitudes; then just consider listening to this audiobook. It is a collection of suggestions and who knows maybe one will turn out to be just the thing that makes all the difference. These are strictly my experiences and opinions. I hope that they will be of some assistance to you as you try get closer to God.
©2013 James Nugent (P)2013 James Nugent
Faith and Reason
Summary
People fear putting the reason and or faith to a test because it seems to intolerable for there to be ambiguity in our world view. Yet there it is. Humans don’t understand everything nor will they ever. Human beings are finite creatures. We will not achieve omniscience. We don’t need to because we can supplement reason with faith.
©2020 James Nugent (P)2020 James Nugent
Are Catholics Going to Hell?
Summary
In the beginning I used to let my Protestant friends off the hook. They would bash Catholicism while I would say nothing. Then one day after a friend made a particularly bigoted comment I realized that my friend really didn't know any better and he was being thoughtless and hurtful. So I quietly told him that his ignorant statement was mildly offensive and definitely un-Christian. He said, "Well as far as I can tell you belong to a defunct religion and you are going to hell." My faith wasn't shaken but my feelings were hurt. I just rolled my eyes and said that he really should read the Catholic catechism or at least visit a Roman Catholic church, before he condemns 1.2 billion Christians to hell.
©2015 James Nugent (P)2015 James Nugent
I Speak Esperanto
Summary
I went to learn more about Esperanto, a language that was invented 126 years ago. In the end I found hope for the future.
©2013 James Nugent (P)2013 James Nugent
A Guide to Effective Communication in Catholic Parishes
Summary
Over the years I have occasionally noticed a failure to communicate effectively within the more than 100 ministries and services at my home parish (Saint Michael) in Olympia, Washington. This problem is not limited to one Catholic parish but common to all organizations that utilize volunteers, both secular and religious. However the focus of this audio booklet will be Catholic religious organizations because they have consistent values, ideals, and goals. Be that as it may, many of the following topics are universal to human services providers.
©2018 James Nugent (P)2018 James Nugent
Training My Mind to Pray: A Catholic Perspective
Summary
The Scripture said something like, “pray always.” I pondered the issue for a while and then gave up. It was a strange concept. How could a person pray all the minutes of the day? What was prayer anyway, and how could you do it and know that God was really there? It was a bit of a mystery to me which I would not resolve for another 25 years.
©2018 James Nugent (P)2018 James Nugent
Mud Mucking in Southern Puget Sound
Summary
Sailing and adventuring on Puget Sound has been a part of my life since I was at least eight years old. I grew up in Edmonds, Washington, and lived with a view of Admiralty Inlet. I had a 25-foot Coronado sailboat in the harbor. Adventures with my father included trips to the US San Juan Islands and the South Puget Sound. My affinity for the water never faltered. I lived on a boat for 12 years, and then I lived in a beach cabin (trailer) in Young Cove (Eld Inlet) for 19 years. I still keep a boat in the harbor at the West Bay Marina (Budd Inlet) in Olympia, Washington. Nowadays, at 58 years old, and despite numerous heath issues, I still love mud mucking around Southern Puget Sound.
©2018 James Joseph Nugent, Jr (P)2018 James Joseph Nugent, Jr
The Catholic Way of Suffering
Summary
With secular reasoning, there is nothing good about suffering. Suffering is to be avoided at all cost. The thought is that there is no point to suffering means, that it is reasonable to even kill oneself instead of enduring pain. Fortunately, Catholic Christians have a different attitude toward pain, even if it is part of the natural dying process. This little booklet is an attempt to illuminate the Catholic Christian way of facing pain and transform it into a useful and productive time in life. It is a frank discussion. If you have not evolved in your relationship with Jesus, you may find this discussion hard to understand or even offensive. Still, if you listen and then pray you will understand. With understanding may come peace and joy.
©2016 James Nugent (P)2016 James Nugent
Paddles and Water
Summary
I climbed into my orange plastic Kayak and zoomed off to the green shallows of Young Cove. Just what is it that makes paddling this waterway such pleasure? Sometimes I think it is the kayak music. That is the musical sound of the hull traveling through the water on a quiet day. It is constantly changing and it is always calming to me. As I come to the end of the cove I notice that there is no evidence of the shipwreck which had been rusting and disintegrating in the shallows for more than a decade. I don't know who owned the boat, but it is like the couple thousand boats which are abandoned along the 2,000 miles of shoreline in Puget Sound. Somebody's dream had died and the wreck became a persistent reminder of that failure.
©2014 James Nugent (P)2015 James Nugent