Robert Benson

Robert Benson is author of twenty books, including Between the Dreaming and the Coming True, Living Prayer, Venite, The Echo Within, The Game and Dancing on the Head of a Pen — books about the search for the Holy in the midst of our ordinary lives. As a retreat leader and workshop teacher, Benson speaks on the life of prayer and contemplation, the disciplines and rituals of Christian spiritual practice, and the art and craft of writing. He is an adjunct faculty member for the Academy for Spiritual Formation, was named a Living Spiritual Teacher by Spirituality and Practice, and a member of The Friends of Silence & of the Poor, an ecumenical prayer community. Benson’s roots are in Nashville, Tennessee, though these days he spends his time traveling and writing and speaking. He does dance on the head of a fountain pen every day no matter where he happens to be.