Yearning for the Father

The Lord’s Prayer and the Mystic Journey   Hohm Press Pages: 240 pagesSize: Paperback, 6 X 9 inchesISBN: 978-1-890772-55-0 STAFF PICK Published in 2006, this book is an “evergreen.” Like the pines near my home, it hasn’t lost its color or its relevancy over many years. In fact, like those pines, it has grown, and grown straighter, stronger, more dependable. A book about the Lord’s prayer is a book about great spiritual truths: ageless teachings about forgiveness, gratitude and reliance upon a higher power. I recently needed to be inspired by such teachings, longing for the surety of my earliest religious inclinations. Yearning for the Father was that gift to me. Simple and direct enough to be appreciated by seekers of any spiritual tradition, the book also supplies a roadmap for the deeper mystical and contemplative journey, which is the author’s aim. Staff Pick by Regina Sara Ryan, Managing Editor John Sack takes the Lord’s Prayer to a whole new level, offering it as a blueprint for