Secrets of Prayer: A Multifaith Guide to Creating Personal Prayer in Your Life
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
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Book details
- Author
- Nancy Corcoran
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Prayer
Religion › Devotional - Topics
- meditation · contemplation · multifaith spirituality · personal spiritual practice · connecting with God · prayer for beginners
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732157 (Paperback)9781683362814 (Hardcover)
About the author
NANCY CORCORAN, CSJ, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, is the author of Secrets of Prayer: A Multifaith Guide to Creating Personal Prayer in Your Life.
Corcoran serves as the Catholic chaplain and director of Newman Ministry at Wellesley College and is the founder of grass/roots: Women’s Spirituality Center, an organization focused on creating community through conversation.
When she’s not writing, Corcoran has led multifaith workshops and seminars on prayer, meditation, and ritual for over a decade. Her work draws directly on that experience of gathering people across faith traditions around shared spiritual practice.