As we continue our journey around our house of faith we've come to the library. And this week, we're restocking the shelves with your book recommendations. You can find a full list on our website.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• The Sacred Veil | Eric Whitacre

Books mentioned in the episode.

See the complete list of recommendations.

• Faith Unravelled | Rachel Held Evans
• Unforming, De-Westernising Christian Formation | Cindy S. Lee
• Finding Your Hidden Treasure | Benignus O'Rourke.
• Life Of The Beloved | Henri Nouwen
• Unapologetic | Francis Spufford
• Know Doubt | John Ortberg
• Reimagining the Landscape of Faith | Charles and Mary Hippsley.
• There are Rivers in the Sky | Elif Shafak
• Devotions | Mary Oliver
• Universal Christ | Richard Rohr
• The Return of the Prodigal Son | Henri Nouwen
• The True Wilderness | H.A. Williams
• Every Job a Parable | John Van Sloten
• The Badly Behaved Bible | Nick Page
• Speaking Christian | Marcus Borg
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | Charlie Mackesy
• For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy on My Little Pain | Victoria MacKenzie
• Kissing Fish | Roger Wolsey

We continue our discussion about prayer, this time focusing on our current approach to prayers and praying. We talk about the role of personality, about confession and the need to be 'meeked', and about finding simple ways to trigger moments of stillness and prayer. Also, Nick reveals his impressive new technique for avoiding difficult prayer situations.

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• The Cloud of Unknowing - Wikipedia
• 'Whistling Swans' | Mary Oliver

In the first of our sort-of series on decluttering faith, we look at the prayer room. We discuss the mystery of intercession and think about prayer as 'primary speech', as an art more than a science. Prayer is crucial in our journey of understanding, both of God and of ourselves. So what needs clearing out? And what do we want to keep? (And keep those book suggestions coming!)

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