Review: Quiet Prayer: The Hidden Purpose and Power of Christian Meditation

Quiet Prayer: The Hidden Purpose and Power of Christian Meditation Quiet Prayer: The Hidden Purpose and Power of Christian Meditation by Marie Chapian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have been a Christian for most of my life, and I’ve been practicing mindfulness and meditation for nearly two years (with the Headspace app). So when I saw Quiet Prayer was a way of combining the two - meditation and Christianity - I was interested. I loved the idea of sitting in silence with god. So I read the book, taking far longer than I would over a book this length normally, as I wanted to carry out the exercises as I went through.

I found the book easy to read. It begins with a brief introduction to the history of quiet prayer, which was interesting. It then proceeds to teach the techniques, interspersed with glimpses of sessions the author has run. I found the writing accessible, though the constant capitalisation of God, He, Him etc made it less smooth to read. This is pretty much standard in Christian writing though. I also found that some points seemed to be repeated a little too much for me, but if you’ve not done meditation before, I suspect this would be useful.

I’d recommend this to anyone interested in the technique, and also anyone looking to deepen their relationship with god. It is suitable for people from any denomination.

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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