This is a collection of twenty-three articles that were written over a number of years. They have been reprinted here and arranged in three sections: Spiritual Life, the Spirituality of Ministry, and the Theology and Spirituality of the Religious Life. While the subtitle of the book refers to 'crisis,' this is not intended to be confrontational. Whenever a difficult contemporary situation is analyzed, for example, the question of celibacy in our time, Father Sheets always goes back to the origins of the issue. His method is to research first the scriptural data in both Testaments, and then to proceed through the Fathers, the whole tradition and finally to see how the Second Vatican Council and the post-conciliar documents (such as Redemptionis Donum) treat the matter. Finally, this is not "popular" writing in the superficial sense, nor is it technical. It just isn't for the beginner, but would be most helpful to the mature, serious reader who wishes to deepen his faith and sense of vocation, whether lay, priest, or religious.