Books on Prayer

Mountains in the Bible are places of dramatic and life-changing encounter with God, and they are a perfect metaphor for the challenges of spiritual life. Here is a 'climbing tour' of the mountain ranges of the soul via ten biblical mountains.

Many of us never get beyond an immature understanding of prayer, using it chiefly as a means of reminding God what we’d like, or as a panic button in an emergency. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with this, but it doesn’t begin to...

First published nearly forty years ago and having been translated into numerous languages, this classic text is written by a Benedictine monk whose Christianity was profoundly enriched by his encounter with Hindu spirituality. Described by its...

Timeless wisdom and striking contemporary relevance meet in this original exploration of the journey of the human soul toward God, the stages of spiritual growth through which we will reach our goal and difficulties we will encounter along the way.

Tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why and how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? And, how should we understand prayer for physical healing?

Nick Aiken has joined forces with Tim Sudworth to create this prayer manual. Part one gives some basic teaching about prayer, part two contains some 350 contemporarily written prayers and part three offers simple liturgies on ways in which young...

People know the words of the Lord's Prayer by heart. With the words repeated so often, the freshness and meaning begins to disappear. This book contains original Biblical texts.

'Prayer' is a series of short talks on prayer which Michael Mayne gave at Westminster abbey in 1996.

Writing from many years of prayer, both solitary and in community, as well as reflective study and Bible reading, the author combines accessible teaching with deep insight and also practical exercises at the end of each chapter to earth the lessons...

Focuses on the ancient Orthodox practice of the Jesus Prayer. This book gives practical guidance on releasing its capacity to inspire all those seeking to grow in prayer. It shows how it offers a summary of faith that is not only clear, memorable...