A few weeks ago I finished a book, Approaching God by Steve Brown, but am just now finding a hole in my blog post schedule to post a review. This one of those books we picked up used somewhere along the way, which finally popped to the surface of some pile in the house, so I grabbed it and read it.

Brown is well past his career, now a professor emeritus. He had a number of positions before that, including pastor. He comes from the position of Reformed theology, Presbyterian church.

The book is quite good, if a little bit dry and predictable. Of course, what new things can you write about prayer? So of course the book would be somewhat predictable. Our copy was a hardback, 213 pages, set in an easy-to-read font. I think it took mw only 10 to 12 days to get through it.

In terms of whether the book was good, the main measure of that would be did it help me in my prayer life? Did it make me more likely to pray, or less? Did it stimulate my desire to pray, give me ideas on how to do it better? My honest answer is “a little bit.” I can’t say that I had any major breakthroughs, but I do feel more motivated to pray. On that basis, taking time to read the book was worthwhile.

I give it 4-stars. But it is not a keeper. Once Lynda reads it, upon  coming to the top of one of her reading piles, out it will go.