What Is This Prayer Stuff Anyway?
An Exploration of How Prayer Is More Than Words
- Prayer & Spiritual Formation
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
What Is This Prayer Stuff Anyway? is a joyful proclamation that there are many different ways for Christians to pray. This book describes over sixty different forms of prayer, providing gentle guidance for each one. Some are active and energetic, others are quiet and contemplative; some involve groups of people, while others are more individual in nature; some open us to receptivity, others release our creativity. Regardless of where the reader starts or ends, however, the authors assert that it is all prayer; it is all response to the abundant love that God gives us in every moment. What Is This Prayer Stuff Anyway? will be a valuable and valued resource for clergy and lay people, prayer groups and individuals, those who have prayed all their lives, those who are just starting out, and those who have found their prayers have become a bit stale; anyone, in fact, who wishes to engage, or reengage, the practice of prayer.
Endorsements (2)
“In Luke’s Gospel a disciple asks Jesus, ‘Lord, teach us to pray,’ and people have been asking the same question ever since. This book offers a fresh and invigorating response to that longing. The authors, in exciting and creative ways, lead us down many refreshing avenues of prayer—never judging or prescribing a single path. It is a valuable companion for individuals and communities seeking to deepen and enliven their conversations with God.”
“This is an enchiridion or prayer manual unlike any I have read before and it is enticing, hospitable, and comprehensible. Eschewing dogmatic declarations, open to the multiple options for prayer, respectful of past practices and intrigued by new horizons, the book is a sweet compendium of ideas, experiences, and invitations to explore the rich terrain that is the divine. It is a portal to a deeper and unthreatening encounter to both the ordinariness and to the mystery of prayer.”
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