Award-winning religion journalists describe a recently rediscovered medieval prayer tool that provides fresh inspiration and daily prayers for contemporary Christians.
All people of faith struggle at times to maintain a meaningful prayer life, a loss felt all the more keenly in times like ours of confusion, political turbulence, and global calamity. The
Prayer Wheel introduces an ancient prayer practice that offers a timeless solution for the modern faithful.
The Prayer Wheel is a modern interpretation of the Liesborn Prayer Wheel, a beautiful, almost wholly forgotten, scripture-based mode of prayer that was developed in a 12th-century
monastery. The Liesborn Prayer Wheel resurfaced in 2015 in a small private gallery near New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It faithfully and beautifully presents seven prayer paths for
personal or group use. Each path invites contemplation on the ＂big ideas＂ of the Christian faith--the Lord’s Prayer, the Beatitudes, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and key words from the life of
Christ.
In the tradition of lectio divina and walking a labyrinth, The Prayer Wheel simply and directly takes readers into a daily, wholly unique encounter with God. As the prayers in
this book unfold, readers will find an appealing guide for contemplation, a way of seeing God in new ways, and an essential new tool for Christian formation.
