Against the landscape of northern California, Guthrie gently leads us through the ancient 'illuminative way’ of prayer, learning to see the extraordinary reality of God in the ordinary – the dry grass and circling hawks, raging firestorms in summer and the heavy winter rains. “Pray as you are drawn to pray,” she tells us, not as someone has told you how to pray.
Suzanne Guthrie is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director, retreat leader, mother of four, and Benedictine oblate. She is the author of Praying the Hours. She lives in Citrus Heights, California.