It Works: Stories of Transformative Spiritual Practices

Do you feel stuck on your journey toward spiritual and psychological growth? Do you desire to deepen your insights from God’s word, develop a more intimate prayer life, and relate to your Creator in a more meaningful way? Then this book is for you. It offers a wide-ranging, creative, and practical map of spiritual practices that will help you to understand yourself, draw closer to God, and encourage psycho-spiritual transformation. Readers of this book will learn how to listen with their minds and hearts to Scripture, to awaken to the sacredness and beauty found in nature, and to receive and return God’s loving gaze. As readers make their way through this book and adopt some of these practices to their own lives, they will discover that every moment of life holds possibilities for spiritual vitality and further growth. They will expand their understanding of how to engage with the Divine in a way that leads to deeply satisfying communion.

Philip John Halstead has been lecturing at Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand, as well as working in the local church for the past seventeen years. He is widely published in the areas of pastoral theology, care, and counseling. His PhD focused on forgiveness between adults and their parents.


Angelika Halstead is a licensed counselor, spiritual director, and supervisor. As well as running a very successful private practice, she is a much in demand speaker. Her PhD focused on psycho-spiritual growth and transformation through therapeutic writing.