Finding Favor with the King

In the Old Testament, a Jewish peasant named Esther prepared for her one-night meeting with a Persian king by humbly seeking the advice of his confidants, taking exquisite care of her body, and fine-tuning the values and intentions that she knew would please the king. Tenney, a prolific teacher and author, does a marvelous job of adapting this story to the challenge of preparing for our one-night meeting with God at the end of our life. In Tenney's hands, the effort to please God somehow escapes the problems connected to fundamentalist religious authority. His enthusiasm and everyday language give this message a practical dynamic that is appealing as well as instructive. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine