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Ancient Psalms for Contemporary Pilgrims
A Prayer Book
Jeanie Miley
Paperback | 288 Pages
1-57312-390-0
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Book Description

Because it is sometimes challenging for today's Christians to move from the frenetic pace and noisy world of today's society and enter into the silence and stillness of contemplative praying, Jeanie Miley provides a way of using the psalms as a doorway into prayer. Reading the psalm indicated for each day’s meditation and then reflecting on the day's reading, persons are invited to "pray the psalms" in a way that connects the ancient prayers with their own present-day experience. By moving back and forth between the psalm and your own experience in prayer, Ancient Psalms for Contemporary Pilgrims provides a process through which the Living God can lead you to a deeper reflection on your own life.

About the Author

Jeanie Miley is a writer and columnist, retreat leader, and speaker on topics of spiritual growth and contemplative prayer. She is the author of ten books and has written a weekly newspaper column, “Growing Edges,” for thirty-three years. Trained at the Spiritual Direction Institute in Houston, Texas, Jeanie has read and studied broadly in the areas of spiritual growth and is a spiritual director. Her work rests, as she says, on a “four-legged stool”—Bible study, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, contemplative prayer, and Jungian psychology. Jeanie teaches a popular women’s Bible study at River Oaks Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and at other sites in the Houston area. She is a frequent retreat leader for groups across the country. Visit www.jeaniemiley.com for more information.

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Jeanie Miley's lyrical and comforting book leads the modern day pilgrim into a sacred experience through reading and contemplating the psalms. Taking time to be silent allows us to know God, and this book skillfully guides the reader into the quiet and holy place of prayer. It is in this silence that the still, small voice of God can be heard. Reading and reflecting on the psalms unites us with all those, throughout the ages, who have prayed them. This book gives nourishment to the soul and will change the reader's life.

— Gail G. Mesplay
Author of A Moment of Peace & Quiet and Tapestries

Jeanie Miley enables us to experience the depth of each person’s journey: longings, desires, imagination, intimacy, light, life. We are drawn into a place where knowing the magnificence of God brings such power and sustenance to our hungry souls.

— The Rev. Nancy DeForest
Episcopal Priest, Houston, Texas

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