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Book Review
Even Silence is Praise
Quiet your mind and awaken your soul with Christian meditation
My prayer time often reflects my life — busy, scattered, with more to do than hours in the day. I often worry that I’m not covering everything in my conversations with God.
How I must amuse Him!
And how thankful I am that He created people like Rick Hamlin, whose book, Even Silence is Praise: Quiet your mind and awaken your soul with Christian meditation, explains the awesome life-changing practice of Christian meditation.
Hamlin’s style is like a conversation, and I found myself wanting to talk back to him as I read, to share my reactions, to engage in a discussion. His humble approach (how often do authors open their books by confessing their own struggles with the topic?) puts him on the same level as his readers. He’s encouraging, not intimidating. He shares, he doesn’t preach. He asks questions and then answers them with remarkable clarity.
He begins with an explanation of meditation, explaining the rich Christian tradition of the practice that is also known as…
