Linda Martella-Whitsett is a Unity minister and spiritual teacher. She is senior minister at Unity Church in San Antonio and a mentor for emerging leaders in the New Thought tradition. Visit her online at www.ur-divine.com. She was the winner among 3,000 entries of The Best Spiritual Author Competition which enabled her to get a publishing contract for How to Pray Without Talking to God. The author's intent is to share with readers her evolving understanding of Divine Nature. She includes developments on her own spiritual journey after leaving Catholicism.

The Unity minister Eric Butterworth has stated: "Prayer is not a means of arousing God to action but the process of waking up from our drowsiness so we can see ourselves, not in a mirror darkly but face-to-face." Martella-Whitsett believes that prayer is learning and asserting our Divine Nature so we can become all that we were meant to be. She challenges us to reform our thoughts and language about God and prayer. Here are a few of her favorite expressions of Divine Nature and Divine Identity:

• "All That Is, I AM.

• "Infinite Love is my name and nature.

• "Oneness is all I see.

• "Only GOD, Only Good.

• "I AM Divine Life, Love, and Wisdom."

In the rest of the book, the author discusses ways to overcome obstacles to a daily prayer practice, the adventure of using affirmations in your spiritual life, the truth about the Law of Attraction, and learning how to pray with others.