Attentive to God

Author Tony Horsfall
Publisher BRF £9.99
Format pbk
ISBN 9781788931588

Horsfall works from the premise that attentiveness is all-important in spiritual life, but all too often our inattentiveness frustrates God and robs us of a greater depth of relationship with him. Hence, the author has subtitled his work ‘Being aware of God’s presence in everyday life’. To this end, he focuses on six Biblical characters, Jacob, Moses, Jeremiah, Samuel, Mary and Cleopas and shows how each becomes more aware of the presence of God in their lives. Following each is a ‘spiritual insight’, based on prayer, an awareness walk or a different author’s writings, such as Julian of Norwich or Jean Pierre de Caussade. The book is admirably suited to personal reading as it is thoughtful, perceptive and challenging; each character or author can teach us to recognise and respond to God’s presence more readily. In addition, for each section, there are questions for group discussion, so this text would be suitable in that context as a number of ideas can usefully be shared from these starting points.

Reviewed by MARGARET TINSLEY

Personal Development, Group Study