Every step a prayer

Most people already know that a daily walk is good for the body. Thomas Hawkins asks readers to consider what it might do for the spirit. Tracing how walking has been practiced as a spiritual discipline through the centuries, the book presents several forms of walking meditation and walking prayer. Hawkins also looks at walking as something Christians do together: processing to worship, traveling on mission, and marching for justice. Rather than treating a walk as exercise, errands, or recreation, he encourages readers to see it as a path toward a closer relationship with God. Each of the book's six chapters closes with reflection questions and suggestions for prayerful walking.