Prayerfulness: Awakening to the Fullness of Life

Blending insights from Christian contemplation and Buddhist mindfulness, Robert J Wicks offer a brilliant guide to cultivate a receptive and reflective attitude to life,. A rich array of insight including seven practical steps, a thirty-day at home retreat, and a spiritual mindfulness questionnaire that helps readers develop a loving,clear and balanced outlook.

Drawing from classic and contemporary spiritual writing, Wicks explores seven steps to growth in prayerfulness, including creating simple rituals, honour life’s fragility, face difficulties and befriend anger.

Thirty days of reflections, quotations and questions also guide readers to form or strengthen a practice of daily prayer,l A special feature is the innovative spiritual mindfulness questionnaire, a set of thirty open-ended questions that lead to a clearer sense of how present one is to daily life.

Filed with practical wisdom and based in sound psychological principles, Prayerfulness is a clear and simple manual to living fully in the present moment.


Robert J Wicks, who received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College, is on the faculty of Loyola University Maryland. Wicks has taught in universities and professional schools of psychology, medicine, social work, nursing and theology. He was responsible for the psychological debriefing of relief workers the Rwandan civil war and also worked with relief teams in Cambodia. Additionally, Wicks delivered presentations at Walter Reed Army Hospital to healthcare professionals involved in caring for Iraqi was veterans with amputations and severe head injuries. he has written more than 40 books, including Riding the Dragon and Crossing the Desert.