
Phyllis Tickle
Phyllis Tickle is founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly, 
the international journal of the book industry. She is frequently quoted in sources 
like USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, as well as in electronic 
media like PBS, NPR, The Hallmark Channel, etc., Tickle is an authority on 
religion in America and a much sought-after lecturer on the subject.
In 
addition to lectures and numerous essays, articles, and interviews, Tickle is 
the author of more than two dozen books in religion and spirituality, most notably 
the Divine Hours series of manuals for observing fixed-hour prayer.
In 
September 1996, Tickle received the Mays Award, one of the book industry's most 
prestigious awards for lifetime achievement in writing and publishing, and 
specifically in recognition of her work in gaining mainstream media coverage of 
religion publishing. In 2004, she received the honorary degree of Doctor of 
Humane Letters from the Berkeley School of Divinity at Yale University, also in 
recognition of her work. In 2007, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from 
The Christy Awards "In gratitude for a lifetime as an advocate for fiction 
written to the glory of God."
Tickle is currently a Senior Fellow of 
Cathedral College of the Washington National Cathedral. A lay eucharistic minister and lector in the 
Episcopal Church, she is the mother of seven children and, with her 
physician-husband, makes her home on a small farm in Lucy, Tennessee.
Web site: phyllistickle.com
  allthewordsofjesus.com
Selected Bibliography:
The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle
This is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers for Children
The Divine Hours™ Pocket Edition 
The Divine Hours™: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime
The Night Offices: Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise
The Divine Hours™: Prayers for Springtime
The Shaping of a Life: A Spiritual Landscape
explorefaith Blog:
First Sundays 
 
Articles by this Author
Waiting for The Epiphany
October: A Month for Rest and Silence
The Purest Kind of Forgiveness
Slipping into the Mystery this Advent
Introduction to The Divine Hours
The Witch of Endor
Age-Old Questions for a New Year
The Play's the Thing
Sex, Prayer and How on Earth These Two Fit Together
The Blessing of Waking and Sleeping
Symbols and Conventions Used in the Prayers
A Chance for Change
First Sundays: An Introduction
The Blessedness in Beauty
The Holy Place Between Myth and Theology
A Conversation about Emergence
Emergence Christianity
A Few Good Books That Will Change Your Life
On Poetry and Patriots
How Christianity is Changing and Why
A Brief History of Fixed-Hour Prayer
Tips for Reading the Handwriting on the Wall
The Emergence Upon Us
Thoughts on Travel and Trees
Notes to Help You Use the Prayers
Beer and Bible