Bruce Davis

Bruce Davis Ph.D. is the author of The Love Letters: Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi Meet Pope Francis, a charming, soaring fictional and spiritual dialogue with a deeper purpose: a discourse on whether Pope Francis can truly return the church to the saints' ideal-a humble, compassionate, uplifting embrace of the world's poor and the heart in everyone. This tender tome--that bespeaks the deep love of God, Man and Nature from every page--purports to be letters between the two saints as they discover to their delight that a new Bishop of Rome has arrived carrying forth their ideals. Can he succeed, truly bringing about the radical change that's necessary and end two millenniums of pomp and circumstance, returning the church to its spiritual essence of simplicity and compassion? For more information, go to: Grave Distractions Publications
Davis, a globally respected psychologist, has spent the last three decades promoting the inner peace that was the cornerstone of these two saint's lives. He and his wife Ruth began leading retreats in 1983, and eventually came to open the Assisi Retreat Center in Assisi, Italy, which was called one of the world's 10 best by both Travel and Leisure Magazine and CNN. Today, they operate Silent Stay, a new retreat center on a stunning hillside near Napa, California, where many come to turn off their electronic tethers for mediation, quiet and inner exploration. For more information, go to: Silent Stay Retreat Hermitage