We Are All Learners, Struggling to
Pray
Prayer can be intimidating. The idea of
speaking directly to God can leave you tongue-tied, not sure
what words to use, how to begin or how to end. This compelling,
multifaith guidebook offers you companionship and encouragement
on the journey to a healthy prayer life. Unlocking six secrets
about what prayer actually is, it invites you into the
practices of prayer, meditation and contemplation, showing you
that prayer doesn’t have to be perfect, it doesn’t
need formulas and it doesn’t have to be planned.
Discover secrets that will expand your
prayer life:
• There Are Multiple Ways of
Experiencing the Holy
• Your Body Is a Source of Energy for
Prayer
• Your Senses Are Vehicles of Prayer
• Diversity Nourishes Prayer
• Interconnectedness Gives Prayer
Life
• To Learn about Prayer, You Need to
Pray
“Engagingly personal, honest and
absorbing…. Demonstrates that prayer is not an isolated
act but a comprehensive way of being in the world—that it
should be as natural for us to say that someone is ‘in
prayer’ as to say that she is ‘in
love.’”
—Carol
Lee Flinders, PhD, author of Enduring Lives:
Portraits of Women and Faith in Action
“A must read for anyone seeking a
liberated prayer life. Each chapter reminds us of the reality
of God, the source and keeper of life.”
—Christal
M. Jackson, editor of Women of Color Pray:
Voices of Strength,
Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage
“A whole new way of approaching a
familiar topic … will be exciting especially for those
coming from a Christian and Western background. Challenges us
to explore different ways of praying.”
—Rev.
Walter Cuenin, Catholic chaplain,
Brandeis University
“Gives prayer a good name. Personal,
practical, lively and enlightening, involving all of the
senses, [it’s] spiritual wisdom distilled for those who
seek to practice the many ways of prayer.”
—Mary E.
Hunt, codirector of Women’s
Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER)
“Wise and wonderful…. Nancy
Corcoran’s candor and humility shine through, and the
‘secrets’ she shares are profoundly and concretely
useful.”
—Grove
Harris, Wiccan Priestess
