Prayer
Finding the Heart's True Home

Because of my training in the history of Christianity, I have been privileged to be introduced to many of the mystical or devotional classics, from Julian to Tozer, from Bonaventure to Hilton, from the Jesus Prayer monk to Brother Lawrence. My knowledge is hardly encyclopedic, but I say this in orde......more

Edit: The review below gave this book 2 stars, and on this reading, I revised it to make it 4 stars. I did a church small group on each of the 3 parts of the book with some folks at my church and we found it good fodder for discussion. I read Richard Foster's Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. I......more

The most important and impactful book I read this year. “With simplicity of the heart we allow ourselves to be gathered up into the arms of the Father and let him sing his love song over us.” Read one chapter at a time!......more

2nd time through. I really appreciated how this book walks you through every kind of spiritual movement/posture possible, but just does it through the lens of prayer. I’ll most likely read it again in my life.......more

There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus--That is what I learned after reading this wonderful exposition on prayer. The book is basically a compilation of years of research on the subject of prayer. Richard Foster reviews every type of prayer imaginable, supports each style with historical facts, pe......more