Mystically Wired

I received this book from Thomas Nelson to review, and after the first few chapters I had a headache trying to figure out what this book was all about. It was scientific mumbo jumbo that was trying to explain prayer. It is not based in the Scripture at all. It is completely conjecture from personal speculation about prayer. Prayer was related to the Internet and discounted as conversation with God. One of the most outrageous claims about prayer was that it was transcendental, mirroring the eastern religions of Buddhism and Taoism.  Though the author seems to have a deep interest in prayer, he is clearly misguided in his application or lack thereof of Scripture.

After reading the entire book, I concluded the author was trying to write for the atheist or skeptic to find prayer as a scientific fact.  We don’t have to prove prayer scientifically, we just have to experience it to know it’s real. Real true prayer evidences itself without a test tube or research data. This book moves prayer from a matter of faith to a formula of reason. I would not recommend this book at all.