David Kundtz

David Kundtz
Education
Occupations
  • Self-help author
  • psychotherapist
Known forStopping (1998)
Websitedavidkundtz.com

David Kundtz is an American self-help author, and former Catholic priest and psychotherapist based in Kensington, California and Vancouver, British Columbia. He has written books on stillness, mindfulness, and emotional well-being. He is best known for his 1998 book Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going, which proposes "doing nothing intentionally" as an antidote to modern busyness.

Early life and education

Kundtz grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He attended Georgetown University, then St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed his seminary studies. He earned a doctorate in pastoral psychology (S.Th.D.) from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

Early career

Kundtz was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1963 and served for 19 years, with postings in Idaho and Cali, Colombia. After leaving the priesthood, he went through an unplanned period of inactivity that he later credited as the origin of his thinking about busyness and stillness. He then worked as a counselor and psychotherapist in Berkeley, California.

Writing

Kundtz wrote about stress and modern life, appearing in such publications as Redbook and the Wall Street Journal.

His first book, Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going, was published by Conari Press in 1998 with a foreword by Richard Carlson. The book proposes a practice of deliberate pauses he calls "stillpoints," "stopovers," and "grinding halts," scaled to the length of rest required. Booklist described it as "a good, commonsense adviser on a pervasive problem". It was published in seven languages, and, in 2021, Mango Publishing reissued the book as The Art of Stopping.

His other books include Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings (2004), noted by Library Journal for public library collections and as a resource for counselors working with men; and Ministry Among God's Queer Folk: LGBTQ Pastoral Care (2007), co-authored with Bernard Schlager, which the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association recommended for seminary and theological school library collections, and the Journal of Lutheran Ethics reviewed it for readers new to LGBTQ pastoral care.

Books

Personal life

Kundtz has described himself as queer.

Notes

  1. ↑ It was published in its original English, as well as Chinese, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

References

  1. 1 2 3 May, Peggy (October 12, 1998). "Alone Again (Naturally)". Northwest Florida Daily News. Halifax Media Group. p. C1.
  2. 1 2 3 Alves, Laurinda. "Parar" [Stop]. Colecção XIS – Livros para pensar (in Portuguese). Público.
  3. ↑ Kundtz, David (February 18, 2005). "Bringing Injustice to Trial". National Catholic Reporter. p. 20.
  4. ↑ Japenga, Ann (January–February 2004). "How to Do Nothing". Utne Reader. p. 81.
  5. 1 2 3 "Holy Orders to Be Given Young Men". Call and Post. May 18, 1963. p. 6A.
  6. 1 2 "Profile: David Kundtz". The Authors Guild.
  7. ↑ "David Kundtz". Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  8. 1 2 3 Branson, Linn (February 21, 2000). "Slow Down for a Minute Just the Job". Evening Standard (West End final ed.). Evening Standard Limited. p. 19.
  9. 1 2 "Stop. Breathe. Go". Redbook. Hearst. July 1998. p. 52.
  10. ↑ Curtis, Patricia (March 2001). "Stress-Free Zone". Redbook. Hearst. p. 147.
  11. ↑ Young, Stephanie (April 2001). "How to Break Your Hurry Habit". Redbook. Hearst. pp. 90–93.
  12. ↑ Miller, Lisa (November 1, 1996). "Life on the Road: Business Travelers Prefer Rest to Play". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. p. B1.
  13. 1 2 3 Monaghan, Patricia (February 1, 1998). "Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going". Booklist. American Library Association. p. 878.
  14. ↑ Kundtz, David (2003). 生活, 该适可而止 [Life: Know When to Stop] (in Chinese). Nanning: Guang Xi Ren Min Chu Ban She. ISBN 978-7-219-04687-6.
  15. ↑ Kundtz, David (1999). Stopping anhalten zum Durchhalten [Stopping: Pausing to Keep Going] (in German). Stuttgart: Kreuz. ISBN 978-3-7831-1717-2.
  16. ↑ Kundtz, David (2003). 멈춤 [Stopping] (in Korean). Seoul: Yemun. ISBN 978-89-5659-017-2.
  17. ↑ Kundtz, David (2007). 急がない!ひとりの時間を持ちなさい [Don't Rush! Take Time for Yourself] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shufu no Tomosha. ISBN 978-4-07-258879-6.
  18. ↑ Kundtz, David (2000). Vivir con serenidad [Living with Serenity] (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones Oniro. ISBN 978-84-95456-10-6.
  19. ↑ Kundtz, David (2021). The Art of Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going. Coral Gables, Fla.: Mango Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64250-439-2.
  20. ↑ Lord, Douglas C. (May 15, 2004). "Social Sciences: Self-Help". Library Journal. Reed Business Information. p. 103.
  21. ↑ White, Aaron (2005). "Nothing's Wrong: A man's guide to managing his feelings". Visions: BC's Mental Health and Substance Use Journal. Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division: 39.
  22. ↑ Corvene, Sarah (September 15, 2008). "Ministry Among God's Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care". Rainbow Round Table Book and Media Reviews. American Library Association.
  23. ↑ Hooper, Dan (March–April 2013). "Review: David J. Kundtz and Bernard S. Schlager's, Ministry Among God's Queer Folk". Journal of Lutheran Ethics. 13 (2). Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
  24. ↑ "Peace, Love & Happiness". Publishers Weekly. January 31, 2000. p. 97.
  25. ↑ Brussat, Frederic; Brussat, Mary Ann. "Quiet Mind". Spirituality & Practice.
  26. ↑ Svoboda, Steven (October–December 2004). "Nothing's Wrong: A Man's Guide to Managing His Feelings". Everyman. Equality Enterprises. p. 58.
  27. ↑ "Quotes from Recently Published Books". Spirituality & Health Magazine. November–December 2006.
  28. ↑ "Being Present: A Book of Daily Reflections". Midwest Book Review.
  29. ↑ Schlager, Bernard; Kundtz, David (2019). Ministry Among God's Queer Folk: LGBTQ Pastoral Care (2nd ed.). Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4982-4156-4.