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A review by davehershey
The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime: A Manual for Prayer by Phyllis A. Tickle
5.0
I have long been drawn to fixed-hour prayer. Growing up, we were taught to have a "quiet time" or "devotional" with God once a day. This has been my regular practice through the years, though like any normal human there were seasons when it went well and times of stagnation. While I treasured reading scripture, prayer often seemed like an add-on, the time when I was supposed to do something but too often my mind wandered. At times journaling helped as writing things out helps keep focus.
A few years ago I checked out an app or two that used the Book of Common prayer and found it helpful. For convenience, I wanted an app or e-version. But I heard so much about Phyllis Tickle's prayer books that I finally bit the bullet and bought one. Most reviews said the e-version had poor formatting, so I went with a physical book. If anything, having the physical book helped me do the prayers more often.
I managed to do morning and bedtime prayers most days, sometimes working in either midday or evening (vespers). The realities of having children always gets in the way of regularity, but that is okay! Overall, I find the rhythms of these prayers incredibly helpful. I am planning to use another of Tickle's books for Lent.
If you are looking for something new to recharge your spiritual life perhaps the best place to look is something old - fixed-hour prayer. Tickle's book is a wonderful tool to be added to a journal and a Bible. It would be nice for a well-formatted e-version, but there may be something mystical about paper - paper prayer books, paper bibles and paper journals.
A few years ago I checked out an app or two that used the Book of Common prayer and found it helpful. For convenience, I wanted an app or e-version. But I heard so much about Phyllis Tickle's prayer books that I finally bit the bullet and bought one. Most reviews said the e-version had poor formatting, so I went with a physical book. If anything, having the physical book helped me do the prayers more often.
I managed to do morning and bedtime prayers most days, sometimes working in either midday or evening (vespers). The realities of having children always gets in the way of regularity, but that is okay! Overall, I find the rhythms of these prayers incredibly helpful. I am planning to use another of Tickle's books for Lent.
If you are looking for something new to recharge your spiritual life perhaps the best place to look is something old - fixed-hour prayer. Tickle's book is a wonderful tool to be added to a journal and a Bible. It would be nice for a well-formatted e-version, but there may be something mystical about paper - paper prayer books, paper bibles and paper journals.