Christian Literature & Book Reviews

Trust in the Lord: Reflections of Jesus Christ
By Deen Kemsley

Meditating upon the joys and disappointments of his own life, Kemsley points to the subtle ways in which God moves in all our lives that are often only noticed in retrospect. While there may not be an empirical demonstration of God's existence that would satisfy the doubts of skeptics, this is less a reason to abandon God than a reason to understand the limitations of our methodologies. God may not answer prayer in a loud roar nor the way we want but He does hear and He does answer. Moreover, He does love us.

The meditations cotained in Trust in the Lord are rich and one may find wisdon in reapeated readings that did not seem apparent at first glance. In this beautifully written and faith-filled little book we do indeed see the love of Christ reflected.

In Constant Prayer
By Robert Benson, Thomas Nelson

In Constant Prayer gives Robert Benson's thoughts on this ancient practice. Admitting that he is not one those for whom prayer comes naturally, he explains why he and many others have come to appreciate this form of prayer that has never been a part of the Evangelical tradition. The discipline, structure, and connection of the cycle of prayers that makes up the divine office lifts one into a choir of like voices spreading through time and place united in their voices giving God praise and interceding on behalf of the Church for the world. It is this unifying of the Church in the prayers that began with the Israelites and was given a new emphasis by the early Christians that allows us to overcome our divisions and be one body in Christ.

In warm prose that conveys both his sincerity and his hope that others for whom prayer does not come naturally might also find a voice in this ancient tradition. Intertwining his own experience with his explanation of the prayers, Benson uses his own testimony to the richness of the Daily Office. Far from being a mere apologia, he also gives practical advice how one may begin on their own without becoming overwhelmed by the many choices one may face in such a liturgical approach to prayer.

Anyone who has trouble in developing a disciplined prayer life will not only find like company in the author but with In Constant Prayer might very well find the answer as to how to turn over a new leaf. This ancient practice, so long a part of the Church's life, is now finding enthusiastic support in the most unlikely of places.

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