ThisdevotionalclassicisacompilationofBrotherLawrence’slettersandrecordedconversationsfromtheseventeenthcentury.BrotherLawrencewasasimpleFrenchCarmelitelaybrotherwhowasabletoachieveprofoundintimacywithGodthroughthemostmundaneactivities.HetaughtthatthehighestcommunionwithGodisnotreservedforextraordinarymomentsbutpermeatestheverycoreofourmostordinarydays.HespentmuchofhistimeinthekitchenofaParismonastery.Helearnedthatourdailyactivitiesandthoughtscouldbeactsofworship,engaginginopportunitiesto“practicethepresenceofGod“bythinkingaboutandlovingGod.AlsoincludedisBrotherLawrence’s“SpiritualMaxims,“acollectionofaphorismsandsayingsthatsummarizehisteachings.Thistimelessspiritualtreasurehasilluminatedtheheartsofmanywhoyearnfortheawe-inspiringknowledgeofthedivinepresenceinahecticmodernworld.FeaturesaforewordbyMatthewFox,authorofSheerJoy.
