Rating:  Summary: Indispensible item in anyone's spiritual jouney backpack. Review: Truly, one of the greatest works in Christian writing."There is no defeat unless one loses God, amd then all is defeat, though it be housed in castles and buried in fortunes" Frank Laubach, Practicing His Presence, September 22, 1930
Rating:  Summary: Do you want a closer relationship with God? Start here. Review: You have probably heard of The Practice of the Presence of God, a book so popular that it has been continuously in print for the past 300 years. I suspect, however, that more people buy it than actually read it. This version has been edited into modern language, to make it easier to read, and has been paired with the letters of Frank Laubach, a missionary, writer, and friend of God, who died in 1970. The Laubach letters gripped my heart with a sense of hope, and the possibility that I too could have a relationship with God, where I was continually aware of His presence. Brother Lawrence's letters are powerful, but are also more difficult to hold on to, especially the sections about suffering. I expect that my understanding will increase as I re-read them in the future.
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