When Jim Hoogeveen was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife, Lois, turned to a practice they had found helpful in the past—breath prayers. Choosing a particular word or phrase from an appropriate passage of Scripture and repeating it—breathing it—throughout the day helped them to experience God’s presence in the midst of pain and struggle.
is a collection of 52 prayers that chronicle Lois’s journey through the first year following Jim’s death. Although Hoogeveen shares her personal journey through the illness and death of a beloved spouse, anyone suffering loss will find both the technique of breath praying and this selection of prayers helpful. Whether your loss is a broken marriage, wayward children, chronic illness, long-term unemployment, or other unfulfilled dreams, I recommend Be Still and Know as balm for the troubled soul. (WestBow Press)
