Learn to Pray: A Practical Guide to Faith and Inspiration

By Marcus Braybrooke

Book Overview

Every day, more people are discovering prayer as a way of dealing with stress and attaining inner peace. But the first steps can be daunting. Here at last is a guide to treading the mystical path with practical feet. In the tradition of this best-selling series, Learn to Pray combines ethereal illustrations with step-by-step exercises, offering concrete methods for concentrating, making a spiritual connection, and interpreting the answers--whatever your faith. With each chapter, the possibilities unfold, revealing a wellspring of personal strength and a greater capacity for joy. In addition, the selection of prayers from voices as diverse as St. Francis of Assisi, Mahatma Gandhi, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu perfectly complements any system of belief. With insight, beauty, and wisdom, Learn to Pray shows that the means to spiritual well-being are inside of us all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811831221
• ISBN13: 9780811831222
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Pretty decent little book

I found this book on the Barnes and Noble bargain shelf and Im glad to say that an impulse buy turned out to be a good thing for once. This book explains different prayer traditions to the reader in a clear and easy to understand way, offering different methods and ways to pray so the reader can form his or her own way of praying to the Divine.

Thoroughly non-sectarian

This is a great book. It's simple but thorough, and offers a good, gentle approach to prayer for those who might be intimidated by it or who don't come from an active prayer tradition.

Good book

It is a well known fact that prayer is therapeutic - however many of us don't pray on a regular basis because we are either not disciplined, don't completely believe in it or are ashamed. In my case it was a combination of all three. The author shows simple techniques of praying and also suggests simple excercises to grow spiritually. No jargons, no preaching - it is a simple straightforward book.