Bless This House: Prayers for Families and Children. By Gregory Wolfe and Suzanne M. Wolfe. San Francisco: Wiley, 2004. xxiii + 211 pp. $19.95 (cloth).
Bless This House is a thoughtful and impressive addition to the literature about and for family prayer. Gregory and Suzanne Wolfe have produced a work that contains theological and practical reflection on family prayer. In addition, they have compiled a collection of prayers for family use. Both the reflection and the collection are solidly rooted in a broad Christian tradition, steering clear of sectarian and denominational quirks.
The Wolfes begin with the observation that "the secret to your child's moral and spiritual …