Each year, thousands of men and women cross the threshold of the Wolfe Street Center in Little Rock, Ark., hoping to find some semblance of peace and serenity in their troubled world. Many of them attend the "Hour of Power," a weekly Sunday morning meditation meeting focused on heightening one's spiritual awareness and growth by focusing on Step Eleven of Alcoholics Anonymous.

In the new book, Sought Through Prayer and Meditation, 52 spiritual thoughts and postulates from those "Hour of Power" meetings have been captured to provide readers a weekly dose of meditation. The book chronicles the best of those prayers, meditations and insights as originated with recently deceased cofounder of the Wolf Street Center, Geno W., and recast and expanded upon by Hazelden author (The Lois Wilson Story, Hazelden 2006) and screenwriter William G. Borchert.

"It is, in a sense, patterned after the program of Alcoholics Anonymous itself where constant repetition of its concepts and principles build a strong foundation for sobriety," according to the book's introduction. "So too can the thoughtful repetition of specific spiritual concepts reinforce that foundation and enable one to build a strong spiritual life based upon a 'conscious contact with God as we understood Him'--the only certain solution to the disease of alcoholism."

The book reminds readers that "if we are vigilant in our spiritual pursuit, we may well achieve what is promised: 'a glimpse of that ultimate reality which is God's kingdom.' "

For more information or to order, visit our online bookstore or call 800-328-9000.

Published Summer 2008, The Voice