Learning to Pray: How We Find Heaven on Earth

Learning to Pray: How We Find Heaven on Earth

In northern California, there is fog in the morning. Slowly, it clears. We know that the mountains, the trees, the sky are there, behind the fog, but we cannot see them with our eyes. Instead, we know them in our bodies; we know them for having seen them, felt them, watched the fog lift again and againâ€¦

This is prayer. This is deep, faithful listening, waiting for what is hidden to be revealed. Prayer is not words; prayer is what happens when you listen and wait, beneath the words, for the outline of heaven to emerge.
--From the Introduction Learning to Pray

Many who seek comfort and healing from prayer are unsure about how to pray. They feel awkward or uncomfortable, not knowing the â€œrightâ€ way to pray. What should prayer feel like, and what is it supposed to accomplish?

In this illuminating book, Wayne Muller offers simple yet profound guidance based on the Lordâ€™s Prayer. It is the prayer most prayed in our culture--included in countless services, private devotions, and twelve-step meetings. Yet in its very familiarity we may underestimate its power to heal and transform our lives today. Now, in the same ecumenical spirit with which he approached the Sabbath, Muller gives us a fresh, new vision of this timeless prayer. â€œEvery word, every phrase,â€ he says, â€œreveals some potent teaching about prayer.â€

Starting with the word â€œour,â€ which reminds us that we never pray alone, and continuing phrase by phrase, Muller leads us into the heart of the prayer, to the assurance of a heaven available to us here and now. He explores how God responds to our needs and wants, how we can seek protection in a world full of danger and evil, and how we are called to forgiveness. He also gently confronts the difficulties that some people have experienced with the prayer. Each short section ends with a Prayer Practice to bring these simple teachings alive in our hearts and lives.

Country	USA
Author	Wayne Muller
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780553105537
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	0553105531
Label	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	176
PublicationDate	2003-04-29
Publisher	Bantam
ReleaseDate	2003-04-29
Studio	Bantam

Learning to Pray: How We Find Heaven on Earth

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