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Morning and Evening Prayers
Cornelius Plantinga
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In this li le book, Cornelius Plantinga o ers a month’s worth of prayers, with two for each day: one for the morning, looking forward, and one for the evening, looking back. Each prayer expresses some essential Christian longing on behalf of self and others—for faith, hope, love, wisdom, gratitude, peace—yet also makes space for any state of heart or mind by rejoicing with all who rejoice and weeping with all who weep. Articulate yet unassuming, Morning and Evening Prayers is for anyone seeking fellowship with God—from those who have prayed their whole lives to those who have yet to nd the words.
Faithful God, I have awakened to your new day. Let me rejoice and be glad in it. I turn to you at its threshold because I depend completely on your strength. I have not made myself, cannot keep myself, could never save myself. And so, loving God, I give myself to you for this day—my creator, keeper, and savior.
Before I lie down to sleep, I commend all your children to your tender care. Be present with those who watch, or wake, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, good God. Rest your weary ones. Bless your dying ones. Soothe your su ering ones. Shield your joyous ones—all for your own love’s sake. Amen.
Cornelius Plantinga is president emeritus of Calvin eological Seminary and senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. His previous books include Beyond Doubt, Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be, and Engaging God’s World, and his many articles and essays have appeared in such periodicals as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, and e Christian Century.
978-0-8028-7881-6 | Hardcover | 144 pages | $19.99 US $26.99 CAN | £15.99 UK | Available May 2021
Praying the Psalms with Beads
A Book of Daily Prayers
Nan Lewis Doerr e Psalms made intimate and tangible
Life is o en so busy and chaotic that even when we do nd time to pray, our minds cannot se le and our thoughts dri to the stresses and concerns that pull our a ention elsewhere. With the use of beads, however, our bodies are incorporated into the act of praying, allowing us to remain present with God in a state of peaceful meditation.
Praying the Psalms with Beads guides the reader in a daily devotional habit that distills the entire book of Psalms into 182 ve-minute prayers, allowing one to go through this whole cycle twice a year, gaining deeper familiarity with the psalms each time. By virtue of this repetition, the psalmists’ praises, laments, and supplications become something deeply felt instead of only distantly understood.
e Lord is my shepherd, in whom I place all my trust.
e Lord is my shepherd; I shall never be in want.
You make me lie down in green pastures and lead me beside still waters.
O Lord, you are my shepherd in whom I place my trust.
Lord, you revive my soul. You guide me along right pathways for your name’s sake.
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Nan Lewis Doerr is an Episcopal priest who has served in six parishes, on two university campuses, and in one mission in the diocese of Texas. She is also the coauthor, with Virginia Stem Owens, of Praying with Beads.
978-0-8028-7833-5 | Paperback | 223 pages | $15.00 US
Where the Eye Alights
Phrases for the Forty Days of Lent
Marilyn McEntyre
Lent is about more than going to church on weekdays and giving up chocolate or social media. It’s also a time to form one’s heart and mind through study and prayer. In Where the Eye Alights, Marilyn McEntyre o ers forty short meditations, based on excerpts from Scripture and poetry, that guide readers on a devotional journey from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday. As in lectio divina—the spiritual practice of reading Scripture repetitively and meditatively—McEntyre invites us to notice words that may give us pause and summon us to re ection. is book calls our a ention to how the Spirit speaks through phrases that can open doors to deep places for those willing to sit still with them.
Lent is a time of permission. Many of us nd it hard to give ourselves permission to pause, to sit still, to re ect or meditate or pray in the midst of daily occupations—most of them very likely worthy in themselves—that ll our waking minds and propel us out of bed and on to the next thing. We need the explicit invitation the liturgical year provides to change pace, to curtail our busyness a bit, to make our times with self and God a li le more spacious, a li le more leisurely, and see what comes. e re ections I o er here come om a very simple practice of daily re ection on whatever has come to mind in the quiet of early morning.
Marilyn McEntyre is the award-winning author of several books on language and faith, including What’s in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause (winner of a Christianity Today 2015 book award in spirituality); When Poets Pray; Speaking Peace in a Climate of Con ict; and Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies.
978-0-8028-7698-0 | Jacketed Hardcover with Ribbon 144 pages | $19.99 US | $26.99 CAN | £15.99 UK Available January 2021
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