The Language of Love by John Moses

The Language of Love by John Moses

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A collection of quotations from a range of writers, poets and mystics which explores the depths and mysterious workings of prayer - what it is and how it works. This book is grouped into seven sections of: Awareness; Exploration; Passion; Pain, Patience; Companionship; and, Abandonment.

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The Language of Love by John Moses

Many of us never get beyond an immature understanding of prayer, using it chiefly as a means of reminding God what we'd like, or as a panic button in an emergency. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with this, but it doesn't begin to scratch the surface of what the poet George Herbert described as 'a land of spices' to be explored. Here, writers from across the Christian centuries share their timeless insights into prayer. Grouped into seven sections of: Awareness; Exploration; Passion; Pain, Patience; Companionship; and, Abandonment. It richly illustrates Dorothy Soelle's maxim that prayer is indeed a 'language of love'. The writers include Thomas Merton, Dostoevsky, RS Thomas, Rowan Williams, Augustine, Basil Hume, Paul Tillich, Julian of Norwich and many more.
JOHN MOSES was Dean of St Paul's Cathedral until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of The Desert and One Equall Light.
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ISBN 13 9781853117831
ISBN 10 1853117838
Title The Language of Love
Author John Moses
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Canterbury Press Norwich
Year published 2007-08-29
Number of pages 128
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