"Non-Domestic Goddess," a blog for mothers, posted the following review of God, Help Me: How to Grow in Prayer, by Jim Beckman:

I have a confession to make. When I learned my rote prayers years ago, I thought that was all I needed to know to “pray.” I have routinely said my Our Fathers, Glory Bes, Rosaries, and Novenas for years, thinking that I had it all figured out.

I didn’t.

This book, titled God, Help Me by Jim Beckman, has helped me to see how inadequate my prayer life really was. I now view my prayer life as a burgeoning relationship with God, instead of an obligatory recitation of daily prayers I have known since childhood. I can now be silent and meditative and let God speak to my heart.

The author clearly describes how we let our modern culture interfere with our prayer life. He outlines the excuses we all come up with (and I am as guilty as anyone else of these) and how to change our mind set so that we overcome these excuses and continue on our faith journey. Something that struck me was how he explained that we are never stagnant on our journey--we are either moving forward (toward God) or backward (away from God). That really hit home for me.

Read the full review here.