Stephanie Dowrick - Heaven on Earth: Timeless Prayers of Wisdom and Love

In addition, she supports and encourages each of our unique and different ways of going to that healing inner space of holiness that is beyond words. Her openness and non-judgmentalness are extra benefits of this book and very timely. Leonard Felder, PhD, author of Here I Am: Using Jewish Spiritual Wisdom to Become More Present, Centered, and Available for Life Just as prayer moves us, this book moves me. By showing us how to find the presence of God, Dowrick restores our confidence in humanity. This is a profound and immensely helpful contribution, at a time when we need it the mostnot one wasted page. Heaven on Earth is a feast for the spirit. Rev. Rev.

Diane Berke, founder and spiritual director, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary Stephanie Dowricks sensitivity as a teacher and writer provides the reader with a unique collection that reminds us that we find divinity most profoundly in relationship. In speaking the words of these prayers the reader will not only find solace, but also meaningful relationship with a world that is both subjective and sacred. Heaven on Earth is not so much a book for us to merely read and put on the shelf as it is one to carry with us in hand and heart on our journeys. Theodore Richards, author of Cosmosophia and Creatively Maladjusted: The Wisdom Education Movement Manifesto Truthfully, Stephanie, all your prayers are divine. They speak to me as if I had made them up. They speak the words that are from my soul too.

You have a great gift to write about the universality of being human and enable us who read your work to feel, in some very meaningful way, You wrote this just for me. Sharon Snir, psychotherapist and author of The Little Book of Everyday Miracles Wrap yourself in beautiful words and spiritual connection in times of fear, grief or simply reflection. These writings will transport you back to your core and wipe the slate clean. If you want the gift of prayer, give yourself the gift of this book. Laura Berman Fortgang, author of The Little Book on Meaning Stephanie Dowrick offers us her wise insight into the transformative qualities of prayer, as well as an interfaith anthology that will become a precious resource to so many. Available to all, prayer can be a great equalizing force for good, an instrument of personal and societal healing, a repair of what has been broken.

Including her own prayers with those of many spiritual traditions, this book is an act of love by a writer devoted to the sacred. Joyce Kornblatt, meditation and writing teacher and author of The Reason for Wings Whether or not you are in the habit of praying, whether or not you believe in a traditional God, this mosaic of prayers gathered from around the world will delight and inspire. Susan Katz Miller, author of Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family Stephanie Dowrick gives prayer back to the reader like a precious gift that was somehow forgotten or mislaid. I carry a different feeling about prayer around with me since reading these beautiful pages. Prayer helps set my compass towards the highest. Dr. Dr.

Juliet Batten, author of A Cup of Sunlight and Spirited Ageing A fabulous read, a real feast! Whatever stage you are at in your prayer life, you will discover how instinctive prayer is and how praying can bring out your true self in times of darkness and joy. Rosalind Bradley, author of A World of Prayer Gently leading us into a deeply felt experience of prayer, you can tell instantly that prayer is not something Stephanie Dowrick doesit is central to who she is. Prayer moves us, she says, and I also found myself equally moved by her heartfelt book on prayer. August Gold, coauthor of Multiply Your Blessings and The Prayer Chest Stephanie Dowrick is emphatic that the Divine is accessible to all and not a dogmatic prerogative of the few. Stephanies own prayers reveal how she embraces and feels embraced by God. Whilst contemplating her prayers one feels that Divine Hug.

Her prayers give us the confidence and the compass on how to open our own hearts in trust and friendship to the Sacred. Anthony Strano, BK meditation teacher and author of Seeking Silence Since I was a teenager, Stephanie Dowricks work has been absolutely central to my understanding of curiosity, spirit, faith and the possibility of happiness. Her words speak about faith and longing and hope in ways that people like me can be heartened by. The wisdom in her pages has comforted me in dark times and brought me insights that I fear I may otherwise have missed. With deep intelligence and enormous heart, Stephanie has written and interpreted these prayers, creating a well-loved companion for anyone seeking beauty, comfort and insight. Clare Bowditch, musician Stephanie Dowrick sees prayer as the constant tuning of heart and mind to the bounty of Kabirs single kind of love that is directly recognized in all streams of contemplative practice, however differently they may name it.

Her volume of prompts towards that open state is bounty in its own right. Dr. Susan Murphy, Zen roshi and author of Minding the Earth, Mending the World These stunning prayers and poems embody the Timeless, the Traditional, and the Beyond. Stephanie Dowrick emerges as a mystical poet with a radiance of her own in the company of those whose words she has chosen. Dr. Marj Britt, vice president of the Academic Governance Council, board of Unity Institute and Seminary In this marvelous collection, Dr.

Stephanie Dowrick offers what so many of us desire: an authentic invitation into the mystery of prayer. This is a book to cherish. But more than this, it is one to use as a pathway into greater awareness, deeper connection, and a more profound sense of gratitude for the gift of life. What could be more welcome in times like these, when a trustworthy guide to the spiritual life like this one is so urgently needed? Dr. Mark S. Burrows, professor of theology and spirituality and author of a new translation of Rainer Maria Rilkes Prayers of a Young Poet

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