- Title: The Only Necessary Thing
- Subtitle: Living a Prayerful Life
- Page Count: 224
- Available Formats: Trade-paper (9780824524937), Cloth (9780824518332)
- Trim Size: 5 1/4 x 7 1/2
- Publication Date: 01/10/1999
- Edition: Trade Paper
- BISAC 2 : RELIGION / Christian Living/Prayer
- Original language: English
- Retail US: Trade-paper (16.95), Cloth (19.95)
- Retail Canada: Trade-paper (22.95), Cloth ()
- Retail Canada: 22.95