{"id":12808,"date":"2013-08-10T09:16:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T13:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:34:22","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-many-women-reading-contemplative-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-many-women-reading-contemplative-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor: Many Women Reading Terkeurst and Voskamp Contemplative Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear Lighthouse Trails:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I found your website recently and have found it to be very informational. Thank you for the work you do!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I didn&#8217;t realize some of the information I was reading about in &#8220;Christian&#8221; books were linked to contemplative prayer. In fact, I purchased the book <i>Made to Crave<\/i> by Lysa Terkeurst in January. I read part of it but just haven&#8217;t had time to finish or put what she suggests into practice. I&#8217;m so thankful to God I found your website because I was able to learn about breath prayers. Lysa Terkeurst suggests using them in her book. I remember reading it but I just though it was like praying without ceasing&#8230;how naive. Thousands of women have purchased her book and are practicing her suggestions. However, like I said, I haven&#8217;t read the entire book so I&#8217;m not sure what else she suggests.<\/p>\n<p>This is also the woman who endorsed Ann Voskamp&#8217;s book <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=6604\" target=\"_blank\">One Thousand Gifts<\/a>. <\/i>Ann Voskamp has a blog where she shares how to do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=10887\" target=\"_blank\">Lectio Divina<\/a>. A lot of women read her blog and she has quite a following with her book. 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