{"id":33979,"date":"2018-08-04T22:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T02:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33979"},"modified":"2018-08-04T22:53:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T02:53:58","slug":"review-of-stairways-to-heaven-by-lorna-byrne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33979","title":{"rendered":"Review of Stairways to Heaven, by Lorna Byrne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stairways_to_heaven_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/stairways_to_heaven_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35203\" \/><\/a><em>Stairways to Heaven<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Lorna Byrne<\/p>\n<p>Coronet, 2011.  First published in the United Kingdom in 2010.  293 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p><em>Stairways to Heaven<\/em> continues the life story of Lorna Byrne begun in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/angels_in_my_hair.html\">Angels in My Hair<\/a><\/em>, including telling about the process of becoming an author and people finally knowing that she can see angels.<\/p>\n<p>Lorna Byrne has been able to see angels all her life.  This book begins after her husband\u2019s death and tells how the angels helped her move with her youngest daughter to a new home.  Along the way, she reveals many things that angels have told her about life and about spiritual things.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the things in this book seem a little out there.  I\u2019m thinking that it\u2019s possible that even with all the study of the Bible I\u2019ve done, I don\u2019t know everything there is to know about spiritual things!  Lorna Byrne doesn\u2019t claim to know it all either, and she has a simple, humble style.  She just tells what the angels have told her.<\/p>\n<p>Since this book covers publishing her book, she\u2019s also starting to answer many of the questions that people ask her now that the world knows she can see angels.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, these things are extremely inspirational and uplifting.  Some points I especially like are that each one of us has a guardian angel who loves us and is with us always.  And that there are many other angels all around us that we can call on to help.<\/p>\n<p>This paragraph sums up nicely an important thrust of her teaching:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many of us don\u2019t understand how important the relationship between mankind and angels is.  We have free will, but we have angels to prompt us to do the right things, to prompt us to do what God would want us to do in each and every circumstance.  This is the task God has given angels and, because it is God\u2019s task, angels will never ever give up.  Every time you pray you are talking directly to God.  Regardless of your belief in angels, angels are praying with you at the same time, adding power and strength to your prayer.  This is one of the tasks God has given the angels.  We never pray alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is an inspiring and eye-opening book, though, like me, you may have to set aside some of your previous assumptions to fully appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lornabyrne.com\/\">lornabyrne.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hodder.co.uk\/\">hodder.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1444706608\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/stairways_to_heaven.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Nonfiction\/stairways_to_heaven.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on my own copy, purchased via Amazon.com.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stairways to Heaven by Lorna Byrne Coronet, 2011. First published in the United Kingdom in 2010. 293 pages. Starred Review Stairways to Heaven continues the life story of Lorna Byrne begun in Angels in My Hair, including telling about the process of becoming an author and people finally knowing that she can see angels. 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