Simply Pray: Modern Spritual Practice to Deepen Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155896469X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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I am constantly referring this book to clients, friends, family I was out here grabbing the link for this book (yet again), and I was aghast to see that there were only THREE comments about it - and only two of them were positive. Really!? Seriously!? So I felt compelled to add my voice to the mix. After discovering this book on a spiritual quest in the midst of a personal crisis, I literally felt like I had found something of SUBSTANCE to grab onto. What I love about this book is that invites the reader - no matter WHAT your denomination - to connect with something that unive. gentle, human book T. Stephenson This fresh, lovely little volume has an openness to all religious experience I've not found in other books on the subject. Practical and accessible explication of the human phenomenon known as prayer. If you're looking for a non-doctrinal companion to your spiritual practice searching, this is a very good place to start.. SRenee09 said Beginning a more prayerful life?. This was the best way to beginI borrowed the book from and then purchased it to read again. I also purchased a copy for my sister. I have actually incorporated some of the phrases in my mediational-prayer bead sessions.
He has taken advanced training in spiritual guidance from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and has studied Zen Buddhism for more than 20 years. . Erik Walker Wikstrom is the pastor of the First Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine. Wikstrom is also the author of Teacher, Guide, Companion: Rediscovering Jesus in a Secular World
Simply touching the beads as they rest in a pocket, briefcase, or purse brings a prayerful presence to mundane moments.* Prayer beads serve as reminders of prayer and help keep track of prayers.Simply Pray is for anyone who is seeking a modern prayer practice that is deeply rooted in world tradition.. In addition, the author includes practical suggestions for composing prayers to use with the beads. Simply Pray is an excellent guide for anyone seeking a unique spiritual practice that is deeply rooted in the world’s great religions. Offers fresh answers to the age-old question, “Why pray?” Building from the shared prayer forms of many faiths, Wikstrom offers a modern prayer bead practice that you can make your own. Wikstrom identifies and defines the four major types of prayer that are practiced by all the world's major religions:* Naming the many ways in which the holy is present in daily life and the wider world* Knowing the self introspectively --both in its strengths and weaknesses* Listening to the "voice of quiet stillness" that resides in each individual* Loving by reaching out to the worldSimply Pray uses these four core prayer types to develop a modern worship practice, using prayer beads as a frame of reference. The book offers illustrated prayer-bead techniques that can be u
Wikstrom is also the author of Teacher, Guide, Companion: Rediscovering Jesus in a Secular World. About the Author Erik Walker Wikstrom is the pastor of the First Universalist Church in Yarmouth, Maine. He has taken advanced training in spiritual guidance from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and has studied Zen Buddhism for more than 20 years.