Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers

Prayer For Ordinary Radicals

BY SHANE CLAIBORNE AND JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." Shane and Jonathan show how prayer and action must go together. Key Bible passages provides concrete examples of how a life of prayer fuels social engagement and the work of justice. Phrases like "give us this day our daily bread" and "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors" take on new meaning when applied to feeding the hungry or advocating for international debt relief. If you hope to see God change society, you must be an ordinary radical who prays - and then is ready to become the answer to your own prayers.

Inter-Varsity Press 2008 124 PP. Paper

$13.00 (in stock)

Centering Prayer And Inner Awakening

BY CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer. Cynthia Bourgeault was brought up as Quaker, a perspective she brings to bear as she examines how the practice is related to the classic tradition of Christian contemplation, looks at the distinct nuances of its method, and explores its revolutionary potential to transform Christian life.

Cowley 2004 178 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Daily Notes To God

BY NOEL PALMER
A member of Westbury meeting and the recorded Minister of the Mannhattan Monthly Meeting. In 1991 Noel Palmer published a collection of his morning reflections for every day of the year, encouraging his readers to add their own daily reflections and prayers to his. This 20th anniversary re-publication of Pastor Palmer's prayerful reflections once again invites readers to join him on a journey throughout the entire year, stopping at the beginning of each day to raise their minds and hearts to God in prayer.

Eme 2011 134 PP. Paper

$9.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Dimensions Of Prayer

Cultivating A Relationship With God

BY DOUGLAS STEERE
This lovely edition of Douglas Steere's practical introduction to prayer is full of anecdotes that make prayer seem a natural response to a God who "besieges us with love" even for those who have little experience with this discipline.

Upper Room 1997 106 PP. Paper

$14.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Freedom Of Simplicity

Finding Harmony In A Complex World

BY RICHARD FOSTER
Written in his warm, accessible style, this updated edition of Quaker Richard Foster's classic work on simplicity explores this discipline throughout Christian history and the Bible as well as examining simplicity in practice. Foster provides a way to rethink our priorities and to "seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness." He shows us how to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life while stressing the relation of simplicity to prayer, solitude, and all the Christian disciplines. With a new introduction and revisions throughout.

HarperOne 2005 272 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Gratefulness, The Heart Of Prayer

An Approach To Life In Fullness

BY BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST, FOREWORD BY HENRI NOUWEN
All prayer is essentially an act of gratitude. Even the prayer of petition that boils up from some agonizing personal need includes, if it is authentic, a stated belief that "God's will be done" - an expression of our utter dependence on God's mercy. "To bless whatever there is, and for no other reason, but simply because it is, that is what we are made for as human beings," says David Steindl-Rast. This book is about prayer and about gratitude. It is also about awareness, and our ability to see into things, discovering the grace that awaits us in everyday life. When we bless things simply because they are, we live life in it's fullness.

Paulist Press 1984 224 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

A Guide To True Peace

Or A Method Of Attaining To Inward And Spiritual Prayer

BY FRANCOIS FENELON, MADAME JEANNE GUYON, MIGUEL DE MOLINOS
This devotional classic was originally produced with the intention of nourishing the spiritual life of believers at the dawn of the Industrial Age. There was a need for a practical guide on what it means to abide in Christ, to live with an active knowledge of the presence of God. Over 180 years later, this book is still entirely relevant. "A Guide to True Peace" is based largely upon the works of Miguel de Molinos, Madame Guyon, and Francois Fenelon, three leading figures in the 17th century European spiritual movement known as "Quietism." They acquired this label through the teaching that God is known through the prayer of inward silence. Pocket sized 4" X 6".

Searchlight Ministries 84 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Holding One Another In The Light

Php 382

BY MARCELLE MARTIN
Praying for each other - intercessory prayer - can deepen our connection to the Divine Presence and help bring healing to individuals and our communities. Marcelle Martin offers a personal account of her discovery of and experiences with intercessory prayer and describes the many forms it takes among Friends today, from interpersonal prayer support to meetings for healing to a prayerful witness for peace on earth. Calling readers to "hold one another in the Light," she declares: "Intercessory prayer in all its variations supports those we love, helps our meetings to be spiritually vital, and contributes to making manifest God's healing and transforming presence on earth."

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2006 32 PP Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Living In The Presence

Spiritual Exercises To Open Your Life To The Awareness Of God

BY TILDEN EDWARDS
The author discusses a number of dimensions of human living (grounding, embodiment, sound and silence, communing, appreciating, and others) and provides experiential exercises which highlight how each "can be an arena of attentiveness to God and our true identity in God." Exercises are adaptable for both individual use and small groups for seeking growth in that special quality of awareness that is called prayer.

Harper San Francisco 1995 164 PP. Paper

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A Meditation On The Prayer Of St Francis

Php 369

BY ANNE CURO
Starting with the metaphor of the self as a musical instrument on which God performs, the author reflects on the beloved prayer of St. Francis as an instruction for a life of Christian peacemaking. She uses examples from her experiences in homeless activism and her study of various faith traditions to explore the wisdom in the prayer line by line.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2003 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Open Mind, Open Heart

The Contemplative Dimension Of The Gospel

BY THOMAS KEATING
In print since 1986 this remains one of the best introductions to a specifically Christian form of meditation. It gives an overview of what contemplative prayer both is and isn't, discusses the history of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition and then explores step by step the process of Centering Prayer, briefly exploring its origins in the ancient church and then demonstrating its use as "a sign of one's intention" to surrender to God.

Continuum 1997 148 PP. Paper

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Owning The Lord's Prayer

BY PAUL BUCKLEY
This is a selection of the author's personal reflections on individual passages from the Lord's Prayer. It is his "best effort at letting the prayer speak" to him. In each section, a few words from the prayer are presented alongside a scriptural passage that seems related to the words from the prayer. These are followed by some of the author's thoughts that have arisen in his meditations on the prayer. He invites readers, in a group or alone, to meditate on the prayer as they read these mediations and create his or her own petitions.

Buckley 2005 27 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Prayer - Beginning Again

Php 339

BY SHEILA KEANE
"I was motivated to write this pamphlet about prayer because I felt I didn't know nearly enough about it, and I wanted to learn what others had to say about praying. Of course, in the past I have read plenty of books and pamphlets, attended workshops and I had many conversations to learn about prayer, but always I felt something was missing. With this paper I tried something new; I prayed the learning, and that has made all the difference. Prayer is a mystery of the spiritual life which is learned by doing as much as anything else. I learned most by actually trying the techniques of prayer taught to me by others, experimenting with my own personal styles." - the author

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1999 40 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Prayer - Finding The Heart's True Home

BY RICHARD FOSTER
A sensitive primer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to ministry to others.

HarperSF 1992 276 PP. Cloth

$23.95 (in stock)

Prayer And Worship

BY DOUGLAS STEERE
In Prayer and Worship Douglas Steere encourages a deeper spiritual life through the disciplines of prayer, corporate worship, and devotional reading. He calls us beyond the "incurable mediocrity of soul that fills the Christian ranks." Douglas Steere's wisdom is sprinkled with quotes from the saints and renews our hunger for an encounter with the Divine.

Friends United Press 1988 77 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Treasure In Clay Jars

Php 346

BY ELIZABETH OSTRANDER-SUTTON
A meditation on centering prayer and working with clay.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1999 37 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Unceasing Prayer

A Beginner's Guide

BY DEBRA FARRINGTON
Unceasing Prayer: A Beginner's Guide provides concrete ways that readers can begin to practice unceasing prayer. Through practical, realistic examples, Farrington demonstrates how to make all action, or inaction, a time of prayer. The simple act of dressing can allow us to ask the Lord to be clothed "with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience" (Colossians 3:12). A commute to work can offer an opportunity to ask God's guidance and direction. "This is, quite simply, a beautiful and elegant book." - Publishers Weekly

Paraclete Press 2002 146 PP. Paper

$12.95 (in stock)