A Place to Pray: Reflections on the Lord's Prayer

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Summary: Inciteful and thought-provoking
Review: I am using this book and the accompanying video series in a class that I am teaching on the Lord's Prayer. The fifteen women participants in the class have found the book to be extremely helpful in opening up new meanings, layers of meanings to this prayer whose very repetition often renders it meaningless. My class and I have thoroughly enjoyed this book- and we're looking to study another one of Dr. Bondi's book.

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Summary: Intelligent and Spiritual
Review: I was a student of Dr. Bondi's and found this book to be most helpful in my own spiritual journey. I am currently using the book and the video series to teach a group of about 25 adults of various ages. It was helped spark good thought-provoking conversation. Personally I like the format. Probably it works better as a group study, but didn't bother me when I read it individually. This is not a book for those who need to be spoon-fed. It is meant to engage on a deeper theological level.

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Summary: The prayer Jesus gave us.
Review: Roberta Bondi chose a personal letter form to share her thoughts on the Lord's Prayer. She presented her struggles with each phrase as it related to her childhood. Bondi's life experiences caused her to feel pain and anger when saying the words of the Lord's Prayer. Her suffering focused my attention on her problems and struggles which dissected the Lord's Prayer into unrelated parts. This not only took away the beauty of this prayer for me, but reduced it in the eyes of one who sees meaning in simplicity; like the very young child who accepts our Lord's Prayer in faith.

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Summary: a fresh, insightful look at a familiar prayer
Review: We used Roberta Bondi's book along with the video series for a Lenten prayer study. Our group of about 15 was diverse in age, spiritual experience and cultural background yet each of us found that we could personally identify with Bondi's writings. She pesents a fresh look at a prayer that is so familiar we may find ourselves chanting it with little thought. She gives new meaning to the Lord's prayer from the very first words with her discussion of what it means to pray to OUR father. Who has ever thought about the real meaning of that simple pronoun? I highly recommend this book for individual reading or group study.