• Landscapes of Prayer: Margaret Silf spells out eight environments that can be used as spurs to meditations on prayer and the devotional life.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 with Jesus and Mary: Leonardo Boff analyzes two Christian prayers, Our Father and Hail Mary, emphasizing the kingdom of God and justice.
  • 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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