Yes, I have discovered a bit of this is soaking prayer. Sometimes, it feels so passive, like nothing is happening. It’s just when the timer goes (I put on a timer when I pray neither shortening it when bored, or lengthening it when delicious: Catholic training!) that I realize the wrench and that I had indeed been on holy ground, in the presence of the Lord.

Are we changed for this time with God? I am convinced we are, though we often cannot put our fingers on it. Perhaps we become slower, gentler, more contemplative, more yielded. Perhaps we don’t need to know. “You are the potter, I am the clay.”

Hi Joy, Yes, it has already infused so much hope and specificity into my prayers. Hope: I think that is the main thing the book gives us. I am reading it, but I also have the Audible version on my iPhone and listen to the same chapter on my walks, so that it sinks in deeper. I am drawing up life-goals, and specific prayers for each Jericho in my life.

Thanks, Claudia! Yes, the book is really, really challenging me, even thought I am someone who has prayed big prayers, and seen things come about as a result of them.
I like his emphasis on specificity of prayers, and on writing out specific life-goals. Not I want to be a writer, but what to I want to write. No vague prayers, but specific ones.
I find it mind-enlarging!