Most of the time life seems pretty ordinary. But into these normal, everyday moments God chooses to whisper His love and truth to us. In "The Sacred Echo" Margaret Feinberg shares what God showed her during times of prayer and ministry. These sacred echoes reveal the God who is as persistent to communicate with us, as we are with Him.
The Sacred Echo challenges readers not to listen for the seemingly distant voice of God as much as to listen for the echo. When God really wants to get your attention, he doesn’t just say something once, he echoes. He speaks through a Sunday sermon, a chance conversation with a friend the next day, and even a random email. The same theme, idea, impression, or lesson will repeat itself in surprising and unexpected ways until you realize that maybe, just maybe, God is at work. As God’s voice echoes to us, we are invited to echo back to him in prayer. We are invited to be persistent and tenacious not only in the things we ask but also in our desire for a relationship with him.
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5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Jana (Shady Grove, PA), January 08, 2009
I picked up this book because I kept hearing a certain "echo" in my own life and wanted to get the author's take on it. I am so glad I did. This book really opened my eyes to listening for God's voice in the everyday. Margaret Feinberg is extremely relatable and gives wonderful examples in every chapter. She writes in a clear, friendly voice that makes you feel like you're chatting with a friend instead of being talked down to by someone wiser than you.
This is a book I will pick up time and time again, just to remind myself to open my heart and mind to what God wants to say to me.
3.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Mimi (Wilmington, DE), August 23, 2008
This is the type of book that causes the reader to think in different ways from the norm and to want to delve deeper into your own relationship with God. Whether you agree or disagree with everything Ms. Feinberg says, you will be forced to think of prayer and God's love in different ways.
0.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Tirzah (Southwest, Colorado), August 19, 2008
I would first like to say that I am a Born-again Bible believing Christian. Before reading each chapter of this book, I asked the Lord to give me wisdom and discernment, to not be overly critical and to have an understanding heart. As each chapter was reviewed it was weighed against the whole of Scripture.
I believe that Ms. Feinberg has a sincere desire to serve the Lord and encourage others in their personal walk with the Lord. She no doubt is a talented writer.
I found a few things to be untrue. Ms. Feinberg speaks of unanswered prayers. God answers EVERY prayer. He may not answer it the way we desire for Him to or in our timing, but He does answer our prayers. All of our prayers are heard if we truly are believers and followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our main focus should be to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ by conforming to His will not our own. We need to be equipped in the knowledge of His word. To not only read it but to study to make sure that we are not tossed to and fro with winds of doctrine.
With that being said, I am very disappointed that yet another writer and publisher have fallen into the false doctrine of the Emerging Church.
Does anyone study their Bible anymore? Or do these "Christians" just go with the latest trend or whatever makes them feel good? 2 Timothy tells us in Chapter 3, verses 16-17:
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work"
I would also like to mention the fact that Ms. Feinberg brings up how she and her husband were amazed and disgusted by the mega churches and their Miracle-Gro formulas yet she endorses Rob Bell one of the largest deceivers in the Emergent movement.
I wish I had a good review to give, however I am grieved that more people will be deceived by the Emerging Church.
2 Timothy 4:1-5
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Christy Lockstein (Oconto Falls, WI), July 30, 2008
The Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg is a lovely devotional about listening for God to speak to you. Feinberg exposes some of her deepest and most painful conversations with God to show the reader how to learn to hear God and understand him. She encourages daily reading and rereading of the Bible to learn to discern God's words from our own. It's a fascinating, insightful read with a powerful but quiet message. God does still speak today, and he longs to speak to our hearts, but we need to learn his language and then listen for the sacred echo. Feinberg uses the story of Elijah who didn't find God in a raging fire, powerful earthquake or fierce wind, but in the quiet voice that spoke to him the words he needed to hear. This is the perfect book to settle in with at the end of a long busy day. It helped to center my mind and soul on the Lord.
3.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Heather Novak (South bend Indiana), July 22, 2008
"The Sacred Echo" by Margaret Feinberg was a FABULOUS book! I easily sunk into this every lunch hour...and eagerly read every page. The organization and content was very meaningful to anyone wanting to know God better or even for the first time. Feinberg was very willing to be transparent in her own faith conflicts and offered realistic resolution...or even appropriate lack thereof. Thank you for writing it Lady Feinberg!
4 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Dylonno (Canada), July 05, 2008
The great strength of Margaret Feinberg’s the Sacred echo lies in its weakness and vulnerability. Not often have I found a book on prayer that is written from a perspective immersed in Scripture where the author is so open and real. It is much more common to find works that are strictly intellectual ‘theology of prayer’ or, alternatively, books which are written and flippantly refer to Scripture as a sort of endorsement. But this book, in its profound simplicity, continually invites the reader to share: to befriend the author, to share with others, and to share everything (openly) with God.
The ‘sacred echo’ is God’s persisting voice. And in hearing about this echo in the lives of others, the invitation is to listen for it in our own lives. Especially because we live in a world which tells us that there isn’t anything more to life than the dullness which we see, we need the constant reminder that the “teachings of Jesus… are real life, both now and to come.”
Structured around simple yet profound echoes in her own life, Margaret displays something of what it can look like to be gripped by the Father in such a way that we require nothing else. As we pray, Margaret shows that it is not always God who changes, but it is often us who change to become closer to who we truly are.
3 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Tina (Montreal, Canada), July 04, 2008
I have just finished readin The Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg. I have always had a bit of a problem with prayer - that is I always kind of felt as though I somehow wasn't doing it right, that it was bad to ask for anything or that I wasn't saying the right thing.
IN this book, the author tells us that prayer is about repetition - that each time we pray - we open our hearts up just a little bit more to ourselves and to God. I like this concept, like slowly but surely we are building a more trusting relationship with God.
Interestingly, the author also states that its not necessarily the sound of the prayer that gets through to God, but the echo (which I interpret as the true meaning of what we are are praying for and resonates back and forth between God and I).
This book is encouraging - it made me realize that God is infinitely patient and asks us to pay attention to the things around us. See the beauty in everything.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by C.E. Moore (Rochester Hills, MI), June 25, 2008
Margaret Feinberg’s writing is superb, like a fine concerto. Her new work, The Sacred Echo will reverberate through the hollows of your soul and expose the depths that God has indwelled you with. Quite simply put, Feinberg’s opus on prayer is one of the most beautifully moving manuscripts I have ever had the privilege of reading. It made me laugh, it made me regret, it made me hopeful, it brought me to my knees. Above all, The Sacred Echo reminded me that we serve not only a God who we can openly speak to but a God who speaks to us in return. He is there and he is not silent.
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Author: Margaret Feinberg
Located in: Colorado
Submitted: May 08, 2008
Tell us a little about yourself. A popular speaker at churches and leading conferences such as Fusion, Catalyst, and LeadNow, Margaret Feinberg invites people to discover the relevance of God and His Word in a modern world. Audiences love her ability to connect the practical with the spiritual.
Recently named by Charisma magazine as one of the 30 Emerging Voices who will help lead the church in the next decade, she has written more than a dozen books including the critically-acclaimed The Organic God (Zondervan). While Twentysomething and What the Heck Am I Going to Do With My Life? have established her as an expert on reaching the next generation, people of all ages connect with her relational teaching style.
Margaret currently lives in Morrison, Colorado, with her husband, Leif. When she's not writing or traveling, she enjoys anything outdoors, shopping, laughing and drinking skinny vanilla lattes with her friends. But she says some of her best moments are spent communicating with her readers.
What was your motivation behind this project? The very first book that I wrote was called God Whispers: Hearing the Voice of God. It looked at the story of Elijah and how when God speaks it's often through a whisper. But since then I've been growing in my relationship with God and discovering that when God speaks, he often echoes. He'll say the same thing through a chance conversation,a sermon, an email, a text message. The same thought or idea will follow us until we can't deny that sense that something, or rather someone, is trying to get our attention.
The Sacred Echo is about recognizing the persistent voice of God in our lives so we can walk more fully and confidently into all that he has for us.
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