Review of: In Constant Prayer by Robert Benson

In Constant Prayer, by Robert Benson is a crash course on praying the daily office. The daily office is explained in this book through examples of people who make it a way of life as well as instruction on what it is all about and how to get started in the practice. Although the author comes from a traditional standpoint, he does a good job of making the ideas accessible to people in all walks of Christianity. The daily office is a liturgical practice of praying “through the hours” in a structured way that has been passed down through the ages based on David’s words about praying seven times throughout the day. I would recommend this book to anyone who is seeking a way of prayer that helps them to structure their prayer lives more traditionally and liturgically. While I may not use this book’s instructions for the daily office at this time of my life, I am drawn to the traditional that it portrays and will most likely use it in the near future. Even the most non-traditional Christians who may have never heard of the daily office will be drawn to some form of the daily office after reading this book. The most useful part of the book is at the end of the book when the author provides an example of one daily office for the morning. It allows people unfamiliar with the liturgical aspects of the office to understand what the author means by example.

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