Phyllis Tickle
Phyllis Tickle is founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly,
the international journal of the book industry. She is frequently quoted in sources
like USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, as well as in electronic
media like PBS, NPR, The Hallmark Channel, etc., Tickle is an authority on
religion in America and a much sought-after lecturer on the subject.
In
addition to lectures and numerous essays, articles, and interviews, Tickle is
the author of more than two dozen books in religion and spirituality, most notably
the Divine Hours series of manuals for observing fixed-hour prayer.
In
September 1996, Tickle received the Mays Award, one of the book industry's most
prestigious awards for lifetime achievement in writing and publishing, and
specifically in recognition of her work in gaining mainstream media coverage of
religion publishing. In 2004, she received the honorary degree of Doctor of
Humane Letters from the Berkeley School of Divinity at Yale University, also in
recognition of her work. In 2007, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from
The Christy Awards "In gratitude for a lifetime as an advocate for fiction
written to the glory of God."
Tickle is currently a Senior Fellow of
Cathedral College of the Washington National Cathedral. A lay eucharistic minister and lector in the
Episcopal Church, she is the mother of seven children and, with her
physician-husband, makes her home on a small farm in Lucy, Tennessee.
Web site: phyllistickle.com
allthewordsofjesus.com
Selected Bibliography:
The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle
This is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers for Children
The Divine Hours™ Pocket Edition
The Divine Hours™: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime
The Night Offices: Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise
The Divine Hours™: Prayers for Springtime
The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape
explorefaith Blog:
First Sundays
Articles by this Author
Waiting for The Epiphany
October: A Month for Rest and Silence
The Purest Kind of Forgiveness
Slipping into the Mystery this Advent
Introduction to The Divine Hours
The Witch of Endor
Age-Old Questions for a New Year
The Play's the Thing
Sex, Prayer and How on Earth These Two Fit Together
The Blessing of Waking and Sleeping
Symbols and Conventions Used in the Prayers
A Chance for Change
First Sundays: An Introduction
The Blessedness in Beauty
The Holy Place Between Myth and Theology
A Conversation about Emergence
Emergence Christianity
A Few Good Books That Will Change Your Life
On Poetry and Patriots
How Christianity is Changing and Why
A Brief History of Fixed-Hour Prayer
Tips for Reading the Handwriting on the Wall
The Emergence Upon Us
Thoughts on Travel and Trees
Notes to Help You Use the Prayers
Beer and Bible