Overview of Prayer Practices

(revised 4/2/17)

3. Prayers 5. Praying 7. Jesus Prayer 1. Prayer of other the Scripture or Breath 9. Imaginative 11. Silent Books Christians (lectio divina) Prayer Prayer Prayer Verbal 12. Contemplative Praye Prayer 2. Prayers 4. Praying with 6. Praying 8. Healing 10. Centering of the Saints hymns or songs in the Spirit Prayer Prayer or with actions (prayer walk, labyrinth,) (dance, other ______)

1. E. Stanley Jones, How to Pray, 2015; Maxie Dunnam, Workbook of Living Prayer; 2. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Signs, Wonders, and Miracles; Martin Luther King, Jr., "Thou, Dear God": Prayers That Open Hearts and Spirits 3. Rueben P. Job, Guide to Prayer for ... (Ministers and Other Servants, All God’s People, All Who Seek God, All Who Walk with God) 4. Jane E. Vennard, The Way of Prayer; Praying with Mandalas; Rev. Sharon Seyfarth Garner, A Colorful, Contemplative Practice; Every Step a Prayer (Print Book); Thomas R. Hawkins, Walking as Spiritual Practice 5. Norvene Vest, Gathered in the Word: Praying the Scriptures in Small Groups; Stephen J. Binz and Kaspars and Ruta Poikans, Transformed by God’s Word: Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina; Christine Valters Paintner and Lucy Wynkoop, Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness 6. Romans 8:26, Ephesians 6:18, Paul W. Chilcote, Praying in the Wesleyan Spirit 7. Annonymous, The Way of a Pilgrim(19th century, Russia); Ron DelBene, The Breath of Life: A Simple Way to Pray 8. Francis McNutt, Healing; Kristen Vincent, Beads of Healing; Flora Slosson Wuellner, Prayer, Stress and Our Inner Wounds 9. Gregory A. Boyd, Seeing Is Believing: Experience Jesus through Imaginative Prayer; Jeannie Oestreicher and Larry Warner, Imaginative Prayer for Youth Ministry: A Guide to Transforming Your Students' Spiritual Lives into Journey, Adventure,… 10. David Muyskens, 40 Days to a Closer Walk with God: The Practice of Centering Prayer 11. Paul Nicholson SJ, Pathways to God: A Guide to the Practice of Silent Prayer 12. Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh, Contemplative Prayer; Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

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