Very rarely can someone say his or her life turned out exactly as planned. It's in these unmet expectations that Australian author, Matthew Kelly says prayer must play a role.
In his recent book, “I Heard God Laugh,” Kelly explains how the spiritual life can provide clarity for life's deepest questions.
MATTHEW KELLY
Author, “I Heard God Laugh”
“Prayer teaches us how to live. So if we have questions about how to respond to the unexpected life. If we've got questions about how to participate in relationships, if we've got questions about how to participate in career, in work, in our personal finances, in our health and well-being... all of these questions about life.”
He says God wants to answer these questions in prayer, but the first step is learning how to pray. That's why he explains how in his book.
MATTHEW KELLY
Author, “I Heard God Laugh”
“The method of prayer I teach people in the book, I call the 'Prayer Process.' It's a really simple, seven-step process that really anybody could use, whether of if they are a monk in a monastery for the past 40 years or just starting to pray for the first time. What I love about the prayer process is that it expands or contracts according to where you are.”
Matthew Kelly takes it a step further, also sharing his personal prayer life – both the highs and the lows. He assures readers that God responds to their prayers, but only when there is silence.
MATTHEW KELLY
Author, “I Heard God Laugh”
“I wrote the book because I'm absolutely convinced that most people have never really been taught how to pray. I wanted to give people a powerful, but simple framework to make prayer a part of their daily lives.”
Kelly wants to give Christians the best gift: that of a prayer life. The book, “I Heard God Laugh” encourages beginning today and not putting off prayer any longer.
Melissa Butz
Dynamic Catholic
