The Way Of The Prisoner, Jens Soering

THE WAY OF THE PRISONER

BREAKING THE CHAINS OF SELF THROUGH CENTERING PRAYER AND CENTERING PRACTICE

C entering Prayer is a modern adaptation of the ancient practice of contemplative prayer, a process of inner purification and an opening of the mind and heart to God. In this remarkable book, Jens Soering, an inmate in a Virginia prison, tells how Centering Prayer and its corollary, Centering Practice-contemplative prayer in action-enable him to survive the daily pain of prison life. Through a moving true story of personal redemption that shocks and inspires, Soering shows how we can all trans-orm our crosses, our prisons (literal or metaphorical), into the means of our salvation.

“While in prison Mr. Soering has had a profound spiritual journey and has pierced deeply into the mysteries of Christian contemplation. His obvious suffering and the grace he received to transform that suffering (without it having been removed) will speak to many whose own, metaphorical imprisonment continues without hope of release. Christian contemplative prayer, at its most profound, offers healing even without a cure, and it is this difficult area that Mr. Soering explores.:

-David Hilfiker, M.D., author, Healing the Wounds, Not All of Us Are Saints As If By Design, Urban Injustic

I believe [this book] is a rare gem among spiritual writings. In terms of substanc Soering] reveals a depth of spiritual understanding that I believe reflects the be of the historical spiritual/contemplative tradition.”

-Reverend Tilden Edwards, Ph.D., author, Living in the Presen Spiritual Director, Spiritual Companion, and othe founder, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Format

JENS SOERING is the author of The Way of the Prisoner: Breaking the Ch of Self through Centering Prayer and Centering Practice; An Expensive to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform from an Ins Perspective; and The Convict Christ: What the Gospel Says about Crim Justice, first place winner of the Catholic Press Association’s 2007 aw

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