{"product_id":"close-to-the-heart-a-guide-to-personal-prayer-9780829414523","title":"Close to the Heart: A Guide to Personal Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA real-life approach to prayer Sharing her own life-changing prayer experiences as well as those of others  Margaret Silf invites us to embark on our own adventure in prayer  with promises that we will not be disappointed. In Close to the Heart  she introduces a world of imaginative yet simple ways to approach personal prayer  tempting us to search for clues to the kingdom in everyday life. This experiential book  Silf explains  starts where people really are and encourages them to discover God in their real livesin the agony and the ecstasy  the glorious and the mundane. Breaking through boundaries and stereotypes  Margaret Silf shows prayer as a journey into reflective living. This comprehensive guide helps readers experience prayer as a natural  organic process and offers a powerful vision of what personal prayer can be. This is an excellent book on prayer and its relationship to every aspect of life. Writing of ordinary things in simple  lucid prose  . . . the author helps us glimpse God  seamlessly woven into earthy experience. gerard w. hughes  s.j. Silf has a great gift. . . . She never skirts real life  with its questions  fears  doubts  and desires. She doesnt clean anything up and make it spiritual and holy  for she sees all of life as spiritual and holy. janet schaeffler  Office for Religious Education  Archdiocese of Detroit\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951481937973,"sku":"ByrdShop_0829414525","price":66.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780829414523.jpg?v=1788109320","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/close-to-the-heart-a-guide-to-personal-prayer-9780829414523","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}