"To pray with a passionate heart means learning to feel, think, and experience with our whole being all that life is. It means using our imagination, feeling, and thoughts to open ourselves to the divine touch in our souls."

Inject passion into your prayer experience with this inspiring book from popular authors Bridget Mary Meehan and Regina Madonna Oliver.

Expanding the traditional definition of prayer, Meehan and Oliver will help you foster a closer relationship with God through all of your daily thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Using prayer therapies, directed meditations, and scriptural illuminations, Praying with a Passionate Heart encourages you not only to "tune in" to God but also to "fall in love" with God. By doing so, you will begin to experience a deeper intimacy with God and with others while you learn to live joyfully each day, share openly with God, forgive and ask forgiveness, let go of fear, and commune with prayer companions.

"Every person is a living, breathing, praying person. Every moment, every feeling, thought, desire, and action of our lives can reveal God's abiding presence. All we have to do is become aware of this wondrous love. "

In Praying with a Passionate Heart, Meehan and Oliver will also help you see each moment of your life as an opportunity-one in which you experience God's revitalizing, healing, renewing, nurturing, and strengthening blessings.

Bridget Mary Meehan holds a doctorate in ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary. She is a spiritual director, conference speaker, consultant in women's spirituality, and author of more than eighteen books. She is also producer and host of GodTalk, a northern Virginia cable TV program. She lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

Regina Madonna Oliver holds a Master of Arts degree in speech and theater from Marquette University, a Master of Theological Studies from Washington Theological Union, and a Doctorate in Ministry from the Graduate Theological Foundation. She has spent the last fourteen years in pastoral ministry for a military chapel where she has been active in liturgical ministry, hospital ministry, and adult spiritual programs.