Book cover for Nearer Heaven: 31 daily devotionals for the deepening of spiritual life by John Baird

Nearer Heaven

31 daily devotionals for the deepening of spiritual life

2021 Released
80 Pages
1-2 Hours
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House to House PressISBN 9781989174920

This is not a book on prayer, but it will help teach you to pray. It is not a book on how to read the Bible, but it will help you understand how to do that too. This is not a cure-all for your spiritual woes, but this little book might serve as a booster shot to your delight in God. It is one thing to create space in our life for a daily "quiet time" or personal devotions, but it is altogether a different thing to learn how to find your soul's happiness in God. John Baird wrote this interesting little book in 1884 to help you do just that.


With 31 short readings (or are they prayers, or devotionals, or thoughts?) you will find your soul directed to God in deeply personal and profound ways. They can be read quickly as thoughts to begin the day, or pondered slowly as roadsigns to direct you on the path to fellowship with the Trinity. Whether your relationship with God needs a significant reboot or just another useful tool to help you press on, you have found yourself a wonderful help in this little book.

John Baird

John Baird is one of the premier executive coaches in Silicon Valley, and over the past twenty-five years he has worked with top leaders at start-up organizations as well as at Fortune 500 firms like Apple, Nike, and Twitter. He founded several companies, including ExecutivEdge, Edgeman Coaching, and the Velocity Group, where he is currently chairman, and serves as a fellow at Sapphire Ventures and on various nonprofit local and national boards. Baird holds a PhD in organizational communication and leadership from Purdue University.

Through their company, Velocity Group, a leading global executive coaching firm, Baird and co-author Edward Sullivan work with top executives at companies like Apple, DoorDash, Geico, and MasterClass.

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