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| The Prayer-given Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward Stone Gleason
Publisher: Church Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 328457
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 173
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0898695686
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.32
EAN: 9780898695687
ASIN: 0898695686
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Pay Attention November 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mr. Gleason and his wife were witnesses to an ordinary, extraordinary moment. While driving home one evening they saw an owl in the garden. They watched it for a while. The evening continued. He uses this moment to show us the importance of watchfulness and silence. "The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him." (Habakkuk 2:20, BCP 20)" Using stories as tools for reflection on prayers from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, Mr. Gleason not only brings the Prayer Book more fully alive but he shows us the nearness of God. This book is just as valuable to non-Episcopalians. We all are reminded of the nearness of God, of the ease of prayer, of the richness available to one who endeavors to make of her or his life one full of an awareness of God. I have been unwilling to put this book down. It is as if I am feeding on rich nectar. I feel nourished and made more alive. I recommend this book highly for anyone who desires to live a prayer-filled life.
You Don't Have To Be Religious November 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Edward Gleason - perhaps because he has been a schoolmaster and a fund raiser in addition to a parish priest - knows prayer as so much richer and flesh-colored than the usual parochial pussilaminous nonsense that all but the most pious find off-putting or irrelevant.
This book has now been on the shelf in our bathroom (where most serious reading and reflecting happens) for two months. My wife and I - whose literary tastes are chalk and cheese - have both spent more time than we ought in there because we have been caught up in the touching immediacy of Gleason's stories.
That he links them to prayer - an ancient and sometimes offensive mystery - is genius.
So, I guess I do pray after all. I just didnt know to call it that.
Get a copy and put it in your bathroom. Better put a timer next to it or you'll never get your work done.
A Powerful Message Affirming Prayer November 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book does something no other book on prayer has done, demonstrated the power of prayer through the stories of everyday people. Using the Book of Common Prayer as the loose outline, Gleason weaves a poignant portrait of people for whom prayer has become an integral part of their lives. If you like the "Purpose Driven Life" now read the Prayer Given Life to bring the message full circle. It will touch both your heart and your soul.
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