Practicing God's Presence:
Brother Lawrence for Today's Reader
By Robert Elmer
For centuries, the sayings of Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century monk, have shown believers how to follow and live like Christ. Originally published as a brief booklet shortly after Lawrence's death in 1691, his classic work The Practice of the Presence of God has crossed nearly every denominational and cultural line and influenced tens of thousands.
Yet despite its classic status, Brother Lawrence's description of the Christian life is admittedly difficult for today's reader to follow. In a clear, readable style, Robert Elmer unlocks these treasured spiritual insights by paraphrasing Brother Lawrence's centuries-old English into a new modern update that everyone can understand.
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Practicing God's Presence: Brother Lawrence for Today's Reader
"I don't know of a better, sweeter life than an unbroken conversation with God, a life of unlimited free minutes with Him. Only those who are living this kind of life know what I mean. But don't do it just because I'm saying it's sweet. Don't look for the pleasure payoff. It's best to pursue this relationship because we love Him and because it's God's will for us."
—Brother Lawrence, 1685 (from the second letter, Practicing God's Presence)