Praise for 40 Days with the Holy Spirit

“A splendid addition to the literature of Christian devotion, biblical study and, yes, mission, for effective mission. Spend 40 days with the author, being open to the Spirit, and you will be challenged and rewarded, better equipped for Christian discipleship and mission. Levison invites us to be honest with ourselves as we allow the Holy Spirit to engage them in everyday life, work, and witness.”

—THOMAS KEMPER,

General Secretary, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church

“Because I get too many requests for blurbs, I have had to say no to most of them in the last months. For this book I am making an exception! Jack Levison will help us retrieve the tragically lost centrality of the Holy Spirit in the mainline Christian world.

Here comes the return of the fire and the wind!”

—RICHARD ROHR, OFM,

Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico

“This new book contains a beautiful selection of scripture passages, personal stories that help unpack those passages, suggested prayers, and most importantly, the invitation to grapple with how we understand the Holy Spirit and how it operates in our lives. The title promises 40 days with the Holy Spirit; I’m confident the book will prompt many more days of reflection than that, and I will be recommending it to those to whom I provide spiritual direction.”

—SUSAN J. STABILE,

Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow for Spiritual Life, University of St. Thomas, and author of Growing in Love and Wisdom:

Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation

“Jack Levison is one of the most inspiring, engaging voices in contemporary Christianity. He combines a scholar’s intimate knowledge of scripture with a writer’s style, empathy, and humor. Every page brims with reverence for God and common-sense wisdom. Here he continues the journey he started in Fresh Air by entering into our daily spiritual quest with lessons gleaned from the Bible and prayers wrung from life’s joy, pain, and chaos. I read 40 Days with admiration for Jack’s humility and awe at his sense of justice toughened by devotion.”

—DAVID LASKIN,

award-winning author of The Children’s Blizzard

“Jack Levison’s lively new book invites the Christian community to be reacquainted with the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit. I read it as a Pentecostal pastor/theologian and it provoked me to consider anew how the Spirit is actively at work in my life and in the world. Though there are differences in pneumatology within the body of Christ, all who read this book will have to affirm that the Spirit is moving and Jack has caught its zeal!”

—JOHNATHAN E. ALVARADO,
Senior Pastor, Grace Church International,

Atlanta, Georgia; Professor of Theology, Beulah Heights University

“Jack Levison’s new devotional will guide you into the theme of the Holy Spirit in Scripture, aiming for spiritual formation, not just spiritual information. My favorite part: the simple prayers at the end of each reading. A beautiful, accessible, and soul-nourishing resource!”

—BRIAN D. MCLAREN,

author of We Make the Road by Walking

“40 Days with the Holy Spirit reminded me of Merton’s Thoughts in Solitude and Brother Lawrence’s Practicing the Presence of God. I believe it’s destined to be a classic for people who long for deeper spirituality.

—MIKE RAKES, Lead Pastor,
Winston-Salem First Church