{"product_id":"paradise-now-living-the-lords-prayer-9798898950071","title":"Paradise Now: Living the Lord's Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part spiritual guide, part academic excavation...Inspiration abounds.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e― Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighly literate treatment of a vital element in the Christian tradition.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To be read and savored.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiroslav Volf, professor of theology at Yale University and author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cost of Ambition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and co-author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife Worth Living\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Paradise Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is both inspiring and inspired!\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Center for Action and Contemplation, author of New York Times bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom For an Age of Outrage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed, award-winning, and best-selling poet, novelist, and critic turns his poetic and literary eye to the most famous prayer in human history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Christians, the Lord's Prayer stands at the heart of both belief and practice. It offers a brief yet profound window into Jesus at prayer, and it continues to guide those who follow in his way. In this close, meditative, and far-reaching reading--drawn from the slightly different versions found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke--Parini brings to bear his formidable gifts as poet, critic, and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving line by line, Parini unpacks the depth and resonance of this fabled prayer, illuminating its layers of meaning and the many ways it reveals the nature of God. In doing so, he considers what it truly means to live the Lord's Prayer: to lean into its words, inhabit them, and allow them to shape one's character and daily practice of faith and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParini--whose distinguished career has been recognized with major honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship--draws on his mastery as poet, critic, and novelist to emphasize the prayer's lived dimension. He helps readers experience it not simply as a sacred text, but as a transformative way of being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Parini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morehouse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798898950071","brand":"Morehouse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48950054420617,"sku":"9798898950071","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_aabb8efd-b09c-4bae-a80a-e1d22479fb81.jpg?v=1794300021","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/paradise-now-living-the-lords-prayer-9798898950071","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}