The Beginning of Wisdom: Prayers for Growth and Understanding. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Random House, Inc., 1995
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- Title
- The Beginning of Wisdom: Prayers for Growth and Understanding
- Author
- Thomas Becknell
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345396510
- ISBN 13
- 9780345396518
Wisdom, as the proverb reminds us, begins with recognizing our need for God. The men and women whose prayers are represented in this book - some without formal education, some with immense depths of learning - have all pursued wisdom. And all of them pray. Missionary or writer, teacher or activist, scientist or poet, they teach us through the example of their prayers. C. S. Lewis, Mother Teresa, Oswald Chambers, Benjamin Franklin, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn are just a few whose prayers are included, giving the book lasting value. And the sequence of six chapters is designed to complement the natural process of learning - from prayers of thanksgiving to the Source of wisdom, to concluding prayers for vision and hope.
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About the Author
Mary Ellen Ashcroft is a professor at Bethel College in Minnesota.
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