Powerful Prayers: Conversations on Faith, Hope, and the Human Spirit With Today's Most Provocative People

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Summary: True dialogues on faith and inspiration ...
Review: are prevalent through every chapter of this wonderful and entertaining book. I can almost feel God laughing out loud and smiling with satisfaction that it is a proven fact: "everyone does it" --- pray, that is. Larry King has again managed to ask the questions (as well as get the answers) that are deeply personal and enriching. We all come out the better for it. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read from start to finish! I can't wait for him to continue the dialogue. I definitely want more.

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Summary: True dialogues on faith and inspiration ...
Review: are prevalent through every chapter of this wonderful and entertaining book. I can almost feel God laughing out loud and smiling with satisfaction that it is a proven fact: "everyone does it" --- pray, that is. Larry King has again managed to ask the questions (as well as get the answers) that are deeply personal and enriching. We all come out the better for it. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read from start to finish! I can't wait for him to continue the dialogue. I definitely want more.

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Summary: An inspiring aand humorous book about a cynics road to Prayer
Review: I found Powerful Prayers to be a blend of spirituality and humour with just the right touch of sarcasm.The book tracks the road King,an agnostic, takes on his road to finding and, coming to terms with his own spirituality by using the vehicle of prayer. And his spiritual guide, Rabbi Katsof. Along the road King stops and asks celebrities,artists,writers,athletes,politicians and world leaders to share their views on spirituality as well as the use of prayer in their lives.The way King gathers information and runs back to duke it out with Katsof is highly amusing. All in all, the book is a great read for cynical beginners on the road to discovering the spiritual side to themselves,for people who have "inquiring minds" about the lives and thoughts of celebrities,and of course the already there,religious spiritualists just wanting to take in more information along with a good laugh. So go read it.It won't make your head spin,but, you will definitely walk away with something to think about.

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Summary: Fascinating and inspriational
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It has inspired me to pray every day and added a great deal of meaning to my life.

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Summary: Moved me Greatly! A must read .Gets u closer to God.
Review: I was greatly moved by reading this discussion between Larry King and Rabbi Katsof. It will help the novice prayer or the advanced grow in their relationship with G-d. It is fast paced ,funny,easy going. Hard to put down. It lifted me up and made me decide to become more real in my interactions with G-d. I highly reccomend it for anyone who wants to become closer to the Almighty.

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Summary: HELPS IN THE SEARCH FOR G-D
Review: Interviewing famous people on this subject sounds a little haimisher, but it works. While you would expect some of the characters interviewed to have limited attention spans, the book is interesting and thoughtful. Thank you Larry and your rebbe friend.

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Summary: Simply Powerful
Review: Mr. King delved into the foundation of Spirituality and Religion and made simple an otherwise complex and controversial issue. The book focuses on the individual and his or her communication with God, while setting aside religious beliefs. I would like to recommend to friends who are too formal about prayers and to those who maybe agnostic such as Larry King in his book.

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Summary: Powerful Prayer a Must Read
Review: Powerful Prayers is a Must Read Reading Powerful Prayers provides you amazingly simple examples of commuincating with God through personal everyday prayer. It opens the door to an otherwise complex arena of thought. The discussion between Larry King and Rabbi Katsof is sensitive and thought provoking. The interviews add incredible depth to the discussion. They also legitimize informal prayer, and the many different ways people have found to communicate with their respective spiritual beings. I recommend this book to everyone who is open to exlporing their individual communication with God. It is a must read. It has changed my entire understanding or paradigm in regards to my relationship with God outside of a house of worship.

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Summary: tremendously insightful and enlightening
Review: There is not much one can say about this book except fantastic. As a skeptic about many things, but always willing to understand how others view things, this book did not have to convince me of much. The easy reading and insightful content made me get through the book fairly quick. I highly recommend it to those who are interested and for those that are doubtful.. The one thing that will come out of this reading experience is that there are not many things you will be doubtful of, if you pray just a little....GREAT BOOK!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book will open your mind if you are agnostic, and it may make you angry if you are set in your conventional religious beliefs. This is not a politically correct book, and King takes some risks, but it is worth a good read whether you are spiritally inclined or somewhere in the middle.

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"