Just got off a zoom call with the acquisitions editor at Sophia Institute Press - as I suspected, they want me to write the next two books.
Just like we did Praying Like the Early Church and Praying the Psalms as a companion volume...
Now I get to start working on Praying Like the Mystics and Praying the Wisdom as its companion volume.
I'm excited to get started - this will be my major writing project for the next year, so we're looking at maybe Praying the Wisdom coming out late this year, and Praying Like the Mystics to come out in 2026.
Not that it's a secret or anything, but please keep this within the community for now - I'll keep you posted so you know when the books are coming out!
If you think of it, pray for me as I do the research and writing...
Thanks!
Jim
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
This is Michael Knowles' commentary on the murder of Charlie Kirk, and directly on the press conference about the arrest - In the middle is a great speech by the governor of Utah - overall excellent stuff if you have 1.5 hr to spend on it
with some Florida colleagues - all of them Protestant, but with varying traditions on the Eucharist - it was encouraging to hear how there are some Protestant denominations that have a real respect for the Sacrament (and I'm not talking about Anglicans or even Lutherans):
