My Father's Prayer: A Remembrance

by Phyllis Tickle

Phyllis Tickle's exquisitely crafted memoir interweaves thought and action. Although written in honor of her father, this "remembrance" is also about the quiet, prayerful craft of handwork and the woes of World War II. Most of all, it is about a space interior to us all--that space where we think and can be at peace with ourselves and others.

76 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Phyllis Natalie Tickle was an American author and lecturer whose work focuses on spirituality and religion issues. After serving as a teacher, professor, and academic dean, Tickle entered the publishing industry, serving as the founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly, before then becoming a popular writer. She is well known as a leading voice in the emergence church movement. She is perhaps best known for The Divine Hours series of books, published by Doubleday Press, and her book The Great Emergence- How Christianity Is Changing and Why. Tickle was a member of the Episcopal Church, where she was licensed as both a lector and a lay eucharistic minister. She has been widely quoted by many media outlets, including Newsweek, Time, Life, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, The History Channel, the BBC and VOA. It has been said that "Over the past generation, no one has written more deeply and spoken more widely about the contours of American faith and spirituality than Phyllis Tickle." A biography of Tickle, written by Jon M. Sweeney, was published in February 2018. Phyllis Tickle: A Life (Church Publishing, Inc), has been widely reviewed.

Reviews

[Kelsey Grissom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this more for the intimate picture of WWII family life that it memorializes. The “moral” of this remembrance was a little too oblique for me.

[Navin Karri · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe I didn’t get the intention of the author, it maybe so, yet, whatever the author was trying to tell. Completely flew over my head. Hence the low rating.