Deborah Smith Douglas is author of The Praying Life (Morehouse, 2003) and, with David Douglas, Pilgrims in the Kingdom: Travels in Christian Britain (Upper Room, 2004).
Becoming an oblate—literally “one who is offered”—means joining a particular Christian monastic community as a kind of lay associate. An oblate takes no vows but does affirm the intention to live by a modified version of the order’s rule, while continuing one’s “ordinary life.”
Books
Real Kids, Real Faith: Practices for Nurturing Children's Spiritual Lives
