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Publisher:
HarperSanFrancisco / HarperCollins |
Release
Date: 04/13/2004 |
ISBN:
0060728833 |
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Format
Reviewed:
Audio Cassette / Unabridged Selections – 2 tapes/3 hours |
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Genre:
Non-fiction / Inspirational |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Brenda Weeaks |
Reviewer
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Prayer
Finding
the Heart's True Home
By Richard J. Foster
Read by Rick Adamson
Foster tells
listeners “God has graciously allowed me to catch a glimpse
into his heart” and that “The heart of God is an open
wound of love.” God aches over our distance, weeps over our
obsessions, and longs for our presences. Moreover, God wants to
relieve us of aggression, frustration and fear and replace it with
security and peace. Foster’s goal is to help believers with
lessons on prayer. Foster tells us we avoid prayer because we are
naturally prideful and hardhearted. In addition, when we do desire
prayer, we first want to put our life in order. That’s why
God gave us prayer, he explains. Constant prayer – the beginner’s
prayer, the simplest prayer, the breath prayer, etc. – will
put our lives in order and bring us “back to that which we
were created for.”
Foster explains
prayer and guides those who pray. Written for both the novice and
experienced Christian, he talks about the prayer of adoration and
rest, sacramental prayer, meditation and contemplation. In expressing
God and his desire, the author uses common examples and backs his
teachings with scripture. At times, Foster’s message may seem
poetic or melodramatic, even (“withering winds of God’s
hiddeness”).
The book Prayer
was published in 1992. This audio version contains chapters 1, 2,
11, 13, 15, 18, 21 of that version. The audio book is read by Rick
Adamson. Adamson’s tranquil tone matches Foster’s mellowed
written voice.
Foster is
the founder of “Renovaré”, an infrachurch movement
committed to the renewal of the Church. For those unfamiliar with
Forster’s commitment, here is his website: http://www.renovare.org/
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