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She Who Prays: A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book
A Prayer book designed to be used by individual women, as well as by those who are leading group prayer services.
For nearly two millennia, Christian women have learned to pray in the language of other people's souls. From worshiping God as father to envisioning a holy life as a military campaign, they've been taught to approach the Divine with the hearts and minds of men.
She Who A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray. It draws on feminine images of God, as well as the language and experience of women, to help women tap into their own rich and unique spirituality. With material from new translations of ancient Christian hymns and prayers, as well as original prayers in the Christian and other faith traditions, She Who Prays will help women speak to God in their own voices.
Arranged in roughly the same format as the Book of Common Prayer, She Who Prays contains a seven-day cycle of daily prayer services, prayers for special occasions, and a woman-oriented liturgical calendar that honors the lives of women of all faiths. The book also contains four rituals marking such themes as healing, reconciliation, and new beginnings, and a prayer to be used while walking a labyrinth.
An appendix provides information on world religions and instructions for group services.
For nearly two millennia, Christian women have learned to pray in the language of other people's souls. From worshiping God as father to envisioning a holy life as a military campaign, they've been taught to approach the Divine with the hearts and minds of men.
She Who A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray. It draws on feminine images of God, as well as the language and experience of women, to help women tap into their own rich and unique spirituality. With material from new translations of ancient Christian hymns and prayers, as well as original prayers in the Christian and other faith traditions, She Who Prays will help women speak to God in their own voices.
Arranged in roughly the same format as the Book of Common Prayer, She Who Prays contains a seven-day cycle of daily prayer services, prayers for special occasions, and a woman-oriented liturgical calendar that honors the lives of women of all faiths. The book also contains four rituals marking such themes as healing, reconciliation, and new beginnings, and a prayer to be used while walking a labyrinth.
An appendix provides information on world religions and instructions for group services.
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212 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2004
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January 9, 2008
bought to write Theda's 'welcome to the world' ceremony. great reference book for writing liturgy for all occasions
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from this book:
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE
I am the excitement at the thought of you.
I am the sparkle in your eyes when you look at each other.
I am the electricity in your touches, tickles, and caresses.
I am the ecstasy of intimacy.
I am the intimacy of afterglow.
When miscommunication causes tempers to flare, I am the balm that calms the hurts.
I am the determination to work through past hurts to free you to love now and into your future.
I am also the commitment to try again when the going gets touch.
When fatigue or busy-ness stretches the relationship, I am the kindling that re-ignites the flames of love.
I am the humility that allows you to say you're sorry.
I am the graciousness that accepts an apology.
I am the Life-blood of the relationship.
Throughout your life together, I will ebb and flow like a creek meandering along its bed.
Times of drought may be followed by flash floods.
When the relationship feels dry, look to the Supreme Rain-Maker for refreshment.
When boulders or sharp, jagged rocks block your way, seek out a professional Earth-mover.
When stones sparkle in the sunlight just for you two or pebbles prick your souls, share your joys and sorrows with your neighbors along the way.
For in sharing your love, you encourage others to risk love.
Go, love and be loved."
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from this book:
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE
I am the excitement at the thought of you.
I am the sparkle in your eyes when you look at each other.
I am the electricity in your touches, tickles, and caresses.
I am the ecstasy of intimacy.
I am the intimacy of afterglow.
When miscommunication causes tempers to flare, I am the balm that calms the hurts.
I am the determination to work through past hurts to free you to love now and into your future.
I am also the commitment to try again when the going gets touch.
When fatigue or busy-ness stretches the relationship, I am the kindling that re-ignites the flames of love.
I am the humility that allows you to say you're sorry.
I am the graciousness that accepts an apology.
I am the Life-blood of the relationship.
Throughout your life together, I will ebb and flow like a creek meandering along its bed.
Times of drought may be followed by flash floods.
When the relationship feels dry, look to the Supreme Rain-Maker for refreshment.
When boulders or sharp, jagged rocks block your way, seek out a professional Earth-mover.
When stones sparkle in the sunlight just for you two or pebbles prick your souls, share your joys and sorrows with your neighbors along the way.
For in sharing your love, you encourage others to risk love.
Go, love and be loved."
November 1, 2020
Not at all an interfaith book. More of an attempt to fuse Christian and more broadly spiritual perspectives on prayer, which I would have thought I would have enjoyed, but it is done very heavy-handedly and alas with a lot of cultural appropriation. A shame as we need more interfaith prayer resources.
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