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First published in 1979, this groundbreaking and bestselling book established Edward Hays as a pioneering spiritual writer and teacher. This new edition with a new preface by the author celebrates the "domestic church"—a family worshiping together at home—with a collection of prayers and blessings that remain as fresh and creative today as they were over twenty-five years ago. With blessings...

First published in 1989 and now available in a revised and newly designed edition, this bountiful treasury of prayers, rituals, and spiritual guidance from best-selling author and teacher Edward Hays is a celebration of the divine presence that unites all people and faiths of the world. Drawing from his life-long, planetary pilgrimage of spiritual discovery, Hays urges readers out of...

Fr. Edward Hays, beloved author of more than thirty books, gifted storyteller, and imaginative artist died on April 3 at St. Luke's Hospice Care in Kansas City, Missouri. Hays and Thomas Turkle founded Forest of Peace Publishing in 1979, a publishing effort that grew out of and supported the work of the Shantivanam House of Prayer in Easton, Kansas. (Shantivanam...

Forest of Peace Publishing was founded in 1979 to publish Prayers for the Domestic Church, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, and other innovative prayer resources by Fr. Edward M. Hays (1931-2016). Ave Maria Press acquired the imprint in 2003 to carry on that tradition.