Ron DelBene and I met in the late sixties while working at a
publishing house in Minneapolis where he was the national
consultant in religion and I was an editor. Our families were
young then, so we had common interests both on and off the
job, but we did not begin our writing collaboration until years
later. By then a bond of friendship was formed even though
both of us had made career changes. I left publishing, but
stayed in Minnesota where Mary and I pursued careers as
professional writers. Ron and his family moved to Florida
where he developed a ministry in spiritual direction and was
ordained.
In 1980 Ron was teaching a form of prayer that was new to
me and so intriguing that I encouraged him to write a book
about it. He agreed on the condition that I work with him, and
so began a collaboration that has continued. Ron's first book,
The Breath of Life: A Simple Way · to Pray, was originally
published in 1981. Some ten years later, it needed updating
along with the two books that promptly followed publication
of his first one: Hunger of the Heart and Alone with God. We
invited Mary to join us in revising these three editions that now
compose the Breath of Life Series.
Ron DelBene and I met in the late sixties while working at a
publishing house in Minneapolis where he was the national
consultant in religion and I was an editor. Our families were
young then, so we had common interests both on and off the
job, but we did not begin our writing collaboration until years
later. By then a bond of friendship was formed even though
both of us had made career changes. I left publishing, but
stayed in Minnesota where Mary and I pursued careers as
professional writers. Ron and his family moved to Florida
where he developed a ministry in spiritual direction and was
ordained.
In 1980 Ron was teaching a form of prayer that was new to
me and so intriguing that I encouraged him to write a book
about it. He agreed on the condition that I work with him, and
so began a collaboration that has continued. Ron's first book,
The Breath of Life: A Simple Way · to Pray, was originally
published in 1981. Some ten years later, it needed updating
along with the two books that promptly followed publication
of his first one: Hunger of the Heart and Alone with God. We
invited Mary to join us in revising these three editions that now
compose the Breath of Life Series.
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