Listen as Jennifer Kennedy Dean discusses why she chose to make Altar’d a 40-day journey. She also shares some suggestions for making the book a shared, or group, experience. Click here to access a small group leader’s guide for Altar’d, available free from New Hope Digital.

As today, February 22, 2012, is the first day of Lent, she also discusses why Altar’d would make a great individual, small group, or church study for this season of the year.

Book summary: Through careful exposition and biblical teaching, celebrated author and prayer expert Jennifer Kennedy Dean guides readers on a 40-day exploration of the Scriptures to discover what it means to truly live a life dead to flesh and alive to the Spirit.


Jennifer Kennedy Dean is executive director of the Praying Life Foundation and a respected author and speaker. She has spoken in such venues as the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove and Focus on the Family. Best known for the Live a Praying Life Bible study and related products, some of her other recent books include The Power of Small and Life Unhindered! She makes her home in Marion, Kentucky.