- Landscapes of Prayer: Margaret Silf spells out eight environments that can be used as spurs to meditations on prayer and the devotional life.
- Devotional Toolkit for Times of Crisis: This list of 50 practices from the world's spiritual traditions provides links to full books of the resources that describe them.
- Help, Thanks, Wow: Anne Lamott makes her contribution to succinct devotional literature by reducing prayer to three words: help, thanks, and wow.
- Desert Fathers and Mothers: Christine Valters Paintner has put together a creative and engrossing close-encounter with the wisdom sayings of the fourth and fifth century Christians.
- The Path of Centering Prayer: David Frenette presents a complete handbook on Christian contemplation and the practice of centering prayer.
- Prayer of the Heart in Christian and Sufi Mysticism: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee probes the mystical prayers of Christians and Sufis and what they have in common.
- Kneeling with Giants: Gary Neal Hansen offers different ways of praying from ten masters of the medium.
- The Direct Path: Andrew Harvey presents meditations, prayers, and devotional exercises from many faiths that will keep us grounded in the Divine Presence in the midst of life.
- The Mystic Hours: Wayne Teasdale puts inspirational material from the mystical traditions into a daybook of quotes and short commentaries.
- One Heart: Editor Bonnie Louise Kuchler spots 65 virtues in the devotional repertoires of seven major religions.
- Morning B.R.E.W.: Kirk Bryon Jones presents a soul-stirring devotional resource to jump-start your day.
- 366 Celt: Carl McColman showcases the devotional riches in Celtic lore and wisdom.
- Psalms for Zero Gravity: Edward Hays, a Catholic artist of prayers, delivers 148 original psalms designed for those who are moving from the known to the unknown, from one place or state of life to another.
- Living Prayer: Robert Benson, an Episcopalian, weaves the strands of his experiences together around a dialogue with God.
- Protestant Spiritual Exercises: Joseph D. Driskill presents Protestant spiritual exercises for deepening a devotional life.
- Meeting God: Stephen P. Huyler conveys Hindu devotional duties through a look at various festivals and holy days.
- Chanting from the Heart: Thich Nhat Hanh draws together the verses, chants, ceremonies, and discourses used regularly by the monks, nuns, and laypeople of Plum Village, a Buddhist monastery and retreat center.
- Jewish with Feeling: Rabbi Zalaman Schachter-Shalomi delivers a mystical masterpiece filled with spiritual practices and an exciting vision of the future.
- Ecstatic Kabbalah: Rabbi David A. Cooper examines Jewish devotional practices that aim for harmony, peace of mind, and a soft heart.
- Jewish Days: Francine Klagsbrun offers illuminating pathway to Jewish devotion by exploring a yearlong cycle of seasons and festivals.
- Yom Kippur Readings: Dov Peretz Elkins delivers a great resource of ideas, exercises, and inspirational readings for use on the Jewish holy day Yom Kippur.
- Spiritual Exercises: Nancy Roth, an Episcopal priest, envisions body exercises as Christian prayers.
- The Sacred Art of Chant: Ana Hernandez introduces chants for gratitude, peace, compassion, and other intentions.
- Mantra Meditation: Thomas Ashley-Farrand covers Sanskrit mantras that can be used to enhance one's life.
- Fasting: Carol Garibaldi Rogers gives a fine overview of fasting as a devotional practice across the religious traditions.
- Praying the Rosary: Megan McKenna uses the rosary as a starting point to challenge us to wed devotion with justice.
And more books about prayer:
- Prayer: Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski present an edifying and imaginative overview of the history of prayer that leaves us with a great respect for both the drama and the diversity of devotions in all the world's religions and outside of them.
- The Gift of Prayer: Margaret Silf addresses common questions asked about prayer by seekers.
- God Has No Religion: Francis Sheridan Goulart collects prayers from all traditions, modeling the kind of devotional resource we need in our multifaith world of crossover seekers.
And more books about praying:
- How to Pray: Joseph Nassal and Nancy Burke use insights from all the world's religions to shed light on four different ways of praying.
- Praying with Our Hands: Jon M. Sweeney presents 21 practices of embodied prayer from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
- Praying with Body and Soul: Jane E. Vennard writes about the significance of praying with body and soul.
- Music of Silence: David Steindl-Rast and Sharon Lebell guide us through the sacred hours of the day in the Christian monastic tradition.
- Grace at This Time: C. W. McPherson reveals how praying the Daily Office in the Book of Common Prayer is a cornerstone of Christian spirituality.
- Praying the Hours: Suzanne Guthrie examines what it means to pray the hours.
- Praying with Jesus and Mary: Leonardo Boff analyzes two Christian prayers, Our Father and Hail Mary, emphasizing the kingdom of God and justice.
- Guerrillas of Grace: Ted Loder writes lively, creative, and soul-stretching prayers.
- Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening: Cynthia Bourgeault gives a thoughtful assessment of the bounties of centering prayer.
- A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw share examples of their regular prayer conversations.
- The Illuminated Prayer: Coleman Barks and Michael Green shed light on the five-times daily prayer of Muslims.
- Prayers for Animals: Carol J. Adams has put together a perfect gift book for family and friends who love and care for animals.
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