A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life, by Jared Brock
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Follow Jared on a 37,000-mile trip around the world as he...* Dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn* Discovers the 330-year-old home of Brother Lawrence* Burns his clothes at the end of the Camino de Santiago* Attends the world's largest church in Seoul* Visits Westboro Baptist Church* Tries to stay out of trouble in North Korea* Meets the Pope and has lunch at the Vatican * Attempts fire walking (with only minor burns) Watch the trailer: LivingPrayerfully.com While filming a documentary about sex trafficking, Jared and Michelle Brock felt a deep need for prayer in their personal lives. In an effort to learn more about prayer, the couple traveled the globe, exploring the great Judeo-Christian prayer traditions: in mountains and monasteries, in Christian communities and cathedrals, standing up and lying down, every hour and around the clock. A Year of Living Prayerfully is a fascinating, humorous, globe-trotting exploration of prayer that will help you grow your own prayer life. Jared's witty reflections on his fast-paced journey will both entertain and inspire you to think about your own prayer journey.Join Jared on a rollicking modern-day prayer pilgrimage... you'll never pray the same again.SPECIAL BONUS OFFER:If you enjoy A Year of Living Prayerfully, leave an honest review on Amazon and receive a FREE yearlong Prayer Experience worth $297.The Bonus Bundle includes:-Video interview with 7X author Mark Buchanan-Exclusive audio interview with veteran author/editor/literary agent Ann Spangler-Author Outtakes (9 bonus chapters)-20+ behind-the-scenes photos-12 Free Ebooks (incl Brother Lawrence, Teresa of Avila, Charles Finney, Andrew Murray)-Additional bonuses for bulk purchases (Visit jaredbrock.com/bonus for details.)PLUS: 100% of Jared's author royalties are donated to charity, so be sure to pick up a few copies for your friends.
A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life, by Jared Brock- Amazon Sales Rank: #676523 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-01
- Original language: English
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- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 1.00" w x 5.75" l, .0 pounds
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- 352 pages
Review "Brock proves that you don't have to live in a monastery and grow a two-foot beard to have a rich prayer life... though having a beard certainly doesn't hurt." --Aaron Alford, Bearded Gospel Men"You will be swept up in the sheer force of the storytelling, the beauty of the prose, the many comedies of error, the exotic cast of characters, and-above all-the drama of Jared's prayer life." --Mark Buchanan, award-winning author"Nice beard." --Moses, bearded Jewish leaderWHAT READERS ARE SAYING "An utterly fascinating, deeply moving and hilariously entertaining read!" -Karen, Amazon.com"This book truly revived my prayer life and I'm grateful for it!" -Krista, Amazon.ca"Brock does an excellent job of writing a dynamic down to earth book on prayer... Highly recommended." -Justin, Goodreads"I enjoyed this book so much. It's a non-stop laugh... a delight to read." -Liza, Goodreads"I laughed out loud, I cried out loud. I loved this book!" -Tina, Amazon.ca"Best book I've read this year! Honest, interesting, seriously thought-provoking..." -Kathy, GoodreadsIN THE MEDIA "A pleasure..." --Wendy Griffith, The 700 Club "It is very entertaining. You're going to laugh out loud..." --Moira Brown, 100 Huntley Street"With honesty, wonder and a huge dose of wit... Jared's reflections on the journey are simultaneously refreshing, entertaining and inspiring." --Bill and Gloria Gaither's Homecoming MagazineWith humor, an energetic spirit of inquiry, and bold belief that he can go anywhere and meet anyone in his quest to deepen his prayer life, filmmaker and debut author Brock takes readers on a world tour, getting prayer advice from Pope Francis, storming the gates at Billy Graham's mountain hideaway, and sitting down for a chat with folks at Westboro Baptist Church. Along the way, he learns something of "the practice of the presence of God" (the definition of prayer according to 17th-century monk Brother Lawrence), trust, reverence, evangelism, and the need for silence. This book is not one that explores the prayer traditions of communities across the world empathetically, but a story of a broad--though not deep--pilgrimage of a young man finding his way. Ostensibly writing an ecumenical and interfaith journey, Brock can push the line with his humor, at times coming off as uncharitable, disrespectful, and culturally insensitive. Readers will certainly discover something new about prayer, though not all will be amused.--Publishers WeeklyJared Brock and wife, Michelle, were stuck. Church raised, and well versed in theology, as they got older, both realized they wanted more out of their prayer life. So they decided to do what medieval pilgrims did: go on a journey in order to devote their lives to living prayerfully. This entertaining book records their faith-filled adventures. Starting in their hometown, Hamilton, Ontario, the couple travel around the world, making stops in New York City where they dance with Hasidic Jews; go to Vatican City intent on having a meeting with Pope Francis; tramp along "the world's most famous pilgrimage route," the Camino de Santiago in Spain, where Brock learns, much to his surprise, the main route is within earshot of noisy traffic for over 90 percent of the time. Other stops include Israel; Mount Athos, Greece; England's Lake District; France; and South and North Korea. After a year of serious study and travel Brock concludes that he is just at the beginning of his journey. "I now know of all the things I don't know." Fun and insightful.--BooklistJared Brock takes us around the globe on a whirlwind adventure in prayer. The first two chapters were a riot of mirth. I laughed until tears roll down my cheeks, and I was only up to page 26! The rest of the book is peppered with humor throughout as we join Brock on his incredible journey in "A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis and Revived His Prayer Life."A veritable who's who on prayer, Brock delves into the lives of many great prayer warriors, both past and present. His prayer pilgrimage starts in Hamilton, Ontario, but takes him, and occasionally his wife Michelle, to numerous locations worldwide, including celebrating Passover with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn and following the footsteps of Jesus in Jerusalem. Whether sitting in silent contemplation with Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, meeting Pope Francis in Rome, braving a hurricane at the end of the Camino in Spain, or cleaning the toilets at the Taize community in France, you can be sure that Brock will enlighten you with Christian history, and humour.Although prayer can be both subjective and personal, I believe that Brock's journey to discover a deeper prayer life speaks to all of us. A highly recommended read for all those seeking a more active and profound prayer life.--Christian Review Magazine
From the Inside Flap Hi Everybody! Last year I embarked on an adventure - a year of living prayerfully. I had no idea what a crazy year it would be. I hadn't planned to walk across a bed of hot coals. I didn't in my wildest dreams think I'd get to have lunch at the Pope's house. I told people I wanted to spice up my prayer life, but this year wasn't about stuffing cilantro in a burrito- it was about learning how to cook. I felt a deep need for power in prayer as I tried to advocate for victims of human trafficking. Centuries ago, people went on long spiritual journeys called pilgrimages. These trips helped people to refocus on things above. Somewhere along the way, we've lost that practice. I wanted to rediscover it. This book is a record of my modern-day prayer pilgrimage, written for all those who can't take a year off to traipse around the globe. I wrote this for you.
About the Author Jared Brock is the heavily bearded co-founder of Hope for the Sold, an abolitionist charity that fights human trafficking. Jared has written for Huffington Post, Esquire, Catalyst, and Relevant, and his work has appeared on CBC, WDCX, 100 Huntley Street, and The 700 Club. He is happily married to his best friend, Michelle, whom he first kissed in the seventh grade (at a Newsboys concert.) Visit LivingPrayerfully.com for more.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. read this to find out who is having the most fun By Amazon Customer The Bible calls believers "peculiar people" and St.Paul called himself a "fool for Christ". I am listening to this book for the second time because Jared is a courageous, hilarious, faithful, adventurous, encouraging, and prayer inspiring Canadian fool for Christ, eh. This book is a combination travelogue,comedy of errors, history, theology, Pilgrims Progress, "Gullible's" Travels, and if they were Roman Catholic his wife, Michelle, would be well on her way to being canonized a Saint. If only GK Chesterton's wife were around they could start a support group for the wives of the very peculiar and gifted. If you would like a very deep and very shallow, very "light" and very weighty ( "glory" in Hebrew) story you should try this. If you happen to be an atheist like C. S. Lewis once was, you should read this just to find out who is having the most fun. Or if you happen to be the dictator of North Korea you should read this to find out why freedom is going to come to your people. No kidding.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. I really can't say enough about "A Year of Living Prayerfully." Its beautifully written, touching, insightful, and hilarious. By Rebekka Drago If you read my blog, you know I review a lot of books. Most of them get good reviews. (After all, I get to choose the books I want to review, so why would I choose a book I think I'm going to hate?) But there are a few books that I consider a MUST READ. For example, in the children's category, I consider The Jesus Storybook Bible a must read. In the marriage category, The Fruitful Wife and Fierce Women are must reads. And in the "autobiography/biography/hysterically funny, yet capable of making you weep" category is "A Year of Living Prayerfully: How a Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life." Its a definite, for sure, absolutely, undeniable MUST READ!!!!I really can't say enough about this book. Its the story of Jared Brock's one year journey around the world to study the prayer habits and beliefs different Judeo-Christian groups. As the title suggests, he spend time with Jewish rabbis, fire walkers, Greek Orthodox monks, and even met the Pope! His stories are both hilarious and touching. Mr. Brock has a way of really bringing you into the journey with him. I laughed hysterically at his gaffes at the Jewish Passover dinner (knowing that I would have made some of the same mistakes), nearly snorted my coke when he described his wife's mikvah experience (think "holy skinny-dipping") and cried when he talked about George Muller's sixty-three year, eight month long prayer for an unsaved friend. I was angry, as Jared was angry, when he described the meeting he had with members of a certain hateful so called "church" that has made a name for itself by picketing funerals. And I laughed so hard I nearly fell out of my seat when he described his "chant" during his fire walk across flaming hot coals.(By the way, speaking of his chant, this brings me to another interesting thing about Jared's book - the footnotes. While the footnotes in most books are sited references from other works, Jared's footnotes are more of "extra comments" of his own, sometimes adding a little historical context and sometimes just adding another coca cola-snorting laugh. So when you read this book - and you MUST READ THIS BOOK - please do not forget the footnotes!!!)I really can't say enough about "A Year of Living Prayerfully." Its beautifully written, touching, insightful, and hilarious. It will make you rethink prayer. It will make you rethink your relationship with God. It will touch your heart. And so I'd like to end this review with a few of my favorite quotes from the book:"In silence, we commune with Christ.God didn't speak to Elijah in the wind, the earthquake, or the fire. He spoke to him in a 'still small voice,' what one commentator calls 'a voice of gentle silence.'If two people sat down for dinner and both of them talked the entire time, how much would they hear of the other person's point of view? Silence is a gift that allows us to turn a monologue into a dialogue. Without silence, there is no conversation. Without silence, we miss a large part of what God has to say.""Prior to my year of living prayerfully, prayer was simply asking for the keys to the car and money for the mall. Now, I'm just trying to hang out with Dad.""I've come to realize that prayer is the main dish, and everything else is gravy.I am convinced that prayer can change everything. We must never take prayer lightly - every prayer has the potential to change the course of history."I received a copy of this book, free of charge, from Tyndale Blog Network, in exchange for my honest review.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A Surprisingly Compelling Pilgrimage Narrative By Robert C. Trube Summary: Jared Brock and his incredibly patient wife Michelle go on a year long pilgrimage that takes them to the Vatican to meet the Pope and to Westboro Baptist Church and many other places alternately delightful and weird in a quest to deepen their prayer life.OK. I was really prepared not to like this book. It appeared to be a knock-off of A.J. Jacobs' A Year of Living Biblically and Rachel Held Evans' A Year of Biblical Womanhood. Frankly, I thought the cover a bit cheesy (although reminiscent of Jacobs' book).I was pleasantly surprised. What I found instead was an alternately amusing and thought-provoking spiritual pilgrimage that not only deepened the writer's prayer life but challenged mine.Beginning with a conversation that described the movement from crisis praying to kingdom prayer, Brock and his wife embarked on a journey taking him to New York, Israel, Europe, Asia, England and back to his home in Hamilton, Ontario. They began by praying and celebrating Sedar with a group of Orthodox Jews. Daily prayer with the men of the synagogue renews his thirst for prayer.In Israel they encounter the crassness and commercialism that exploited the center of three major faiths. Brock can only pray for Jerusalem's shalom, and in that the shalom of the world. He goes to Mt. Athos in Greece and experiences both silence and the Jesus prayer. Then they head off to Italy and through a strange set of circumstances, a meeting with Pope Francis. Francis says that "prayer was opening up your heart to God" and asks them on parting to pray for him. From there, they went on to Spain and hiked a short distance of the Camino in winter and looked in vain for one who received the Campostela (a certificate for hiking the equivalent of 124 miles).God answers their prayer while waiting in line at the airport behind a man who had done just that. He spoke of completing the walk in silence, communing with God. France, the kitchen of Brother Lawrence, and Taize' were their next major stops. Most moving was the account given them of the assassination of Brother Roger, who founded Taize', and those who continued the prayers, and extended forgiveness to a woman who did not know what she was doing.Apart from a Quaker prayer service and an attempt to meet Billy Graham, who was too frail to do so, the next part of the book gets weird. They visit a "nudist church" and meet some very unconventional Christians carrying out ministry to a population few try to reach. They are encouraged on their own to try sitting naked before God in prayer. They meet a physician who prays as well as heals the sick, humbly and with sometimes miraculous results, and then attend a Benny Hinn crusade that seems more about prosperity (at least Benny's prosperity) than a gospel of healing. Then weirdest of all, they visit a Tony Robbins conference that ends with walking on burning coals. This section closes with a visit to Westboro Baptist Church and the determination to pray down the love of God upon this benighted and hate-filled church.After a risky journey to North Korea and a visit to Yonggi Cho's church in Seoul, the Brocks end up in England visiting Keswick, where he finds the photo of a young Scotsman who was one of the first Hundred who followed Hudson Taylor into missions with China Inland Mission. The young Scotsman was his great-great-grandfather. He is challenged by the "boiler room" in Spurgeon's church--the prayer meeting that fueled Spurgeon's ministry and the prototype of modern 24/7 prayer. He ends in his home town of Hamilton, at a site of a revival in the 1850s that was part of the Third Great Awakening.The narrative is broken up with quotes by either the individuals he is meeting or famous "people of prayer". One of those I appreciated most was this by St. Teresa of Avila: "You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him." Brock's writing style is conversational and even colloquial at places making the book an easy read. Yet I had several "takeaways":The silences as well as our words are important, not only in singing but in prayer.Prayer is about communing with God, about being in God's presence and carrying that through our lives.Prayer is something done in and through our embodied life.Finally I was struck anew with the transformative power of prayer.I will close with this quote from Karl Barth found on page 308: "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world." Perhaps in such a disordered world, living prayerfully may be the sanest response._____________________________________Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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