The Westminster Collection of Christian Prayers

The Westminster Collection of Christian Prayers
Author: Dorothy M. Stewart
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664229450

Prayers are grouped alphabetically be theme to assist readers in finding the appropriate prayer for every need or occasion. It has extensive indexes and cross-references, and also provides notes about the authors. Themes include: comfort, forgiveness, friendship, change, anxiety and worry, simplicity, thanksgiving, justice and injustice, reconciliation, temptation, anger and more. Contributors include: Thomas Aquinas, William Barclay, Karl Barth, William Blake, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Calvin, G.K. Chesterton, Emily Dickinson, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King Jr., Madeleine L'Engle, C.S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Merton, Mother Teresa, Reinhold Niebuhr, Henri Nouwen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Desmond Tutu, and John Wesley.

The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations

The Westminster Collection of Christian Quotations
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664222581

This absorbing anthology includes insightful sayings from major figures in Christian history, as well as from the Bible, making it an ideal companion for every stage of the spiritual journey.

Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer

Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer
Author: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664220327

This easy-to-carry and very practical devotional resource will help all individuals, congregations, families, and small groups looking for assistance in prayer and in leading groups in prayer. It includes all the material from the Daily Prayer section of the full-sized edition of theBook of Common Worship. It features rubrics and blue and maroon ribbons. The cover is also a brilliant maroon. Orders for morning and evening prayer are provided, as well as the psalms and the daily lectionary. Prayers are also included for family and personal life, the church, national life, world issues, and environmental concerns.

Prayer Book of the Early Christians

Prayer Book of the Early Christians
Author: John A. McGuckin
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1612610382

Designed for any 21st-century Christian, this prayer book gathers prayers and rituals from the ancient Church (especially early Greek Christianity), re-presenting them for the use of Christians at home, in small prayer groups, cohorts, and house churches. It offers a structure of prayer offices and blessing rituals for all times of day and year, and articulates many religious needs including bereavement, house blessing, praise, worry, gratitude, and thanksgiving.

The Westminster Collection of Christian Meditations

The Westminster Collection of Christian Meditations
Author: Hannah Ward
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664222703

Over 500 meditations from more than 250 authors, classic and contemporary, are arranged by themes that address individual needs and concerns, in this extensive anthology of Christian meditations.

Ancient Christian Devotional

Ancient Christian Devotional
Author: Cindy Crosby
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-03-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830835288

A follow-up to the previous Ancient Christian Devotional, which follows lectionary cycle A, this devotional guide follows lectionary cycle C, which begins in Advent 2009. This guide to prayer and reflection combines excerpts from the writings of the church fathers as found in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture with a simple structure for daily or weekly reading and prayer.

Prayer as Joy, Prayer as Struggle

Prayer as Joy, Prayer as Struggle
Author: Mark Braaten
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780814629246

Mark Braaten describes the experience of seeing the sun rise on a northern Minnesota lake and spontaneously offering thanks to God. He describes sitting beside his children's bed as they sleep and resting in the awareness of God's blessings. Confronted by such beauty, prayer flows out of us. That is to say, there are times when we are easily aware that we are in the presence of God, our awe comes naturally, and our prayer is full of joy. But Braaten also points out that at times prayer is a struggle. Life is often not awe inspiring and prayer is often not easy. We find our praying frustrating and difficult. Our prayer life is a journey of both joy and struggle. It is learning to recognize and reach out to God; even more it is recognizing how God is constantly reaching out to us. Braaten explores many types of prayer, including thanksgiving, confession, praise, wrestling, petition, intercession, listening, and hope. He also explores what it means when the answer to prayer is no and how we experience prayer in doubt and in confidence. In each chapter, he uses an extended biblical example of prayer and also provides the text of prayers we can use in our own practice. For all who seek joy in prayer, even as we struggle, Braaten offers an engaging personal and pastoral reflection on the ways we pray.

Psalms in 30 Days

Psalms in 30 Days
Author: Trevin Wax
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 1087731496

From generation to generation, many Christians have adopted the habit of praying every month through all 150 psalms—songs that form the bedrock of both corporate worship and individual devotion. Through thousands of years of memorization, recitation, and singing, the people of God have found in this book a God-centered view of reality—words that put into perspective all our emotions, conflicting desires, times of suffering, and experiences of faith and doubt. In Psalms in 30 Days, Trevin Wax has adapted a centuries-old approach to reading the psalms by providing a "Morning," "Midday" and "Evening" pattern—following the Scriptural precedent for praying three times a day. This journey through the psalms, as translated in the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB), also features other songs from the Bible, as well as written prayers from faithful Christians who have gone before us. Here is a guide to praying all the psalms every month by—three times a day—lifting your eyes above your circumstances and reminding yourself that God is the blazing center of all things. Psalms in 30 Days features the highly readable, highly reliable text of the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB). The CSB stays as literal as possible to the Bible's original meaning without sacrificing clarity, making it easier to engage with Scripture's life-transforming message and to share it with others.

Fifty Prayers

Fifty Prayers
Author: Karl Barth
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664231535

This collection for the first time makes Karl Barth's pastoral prayers available to an English-speaking audience, offering a fresh perspective on how the great Swiss theologian understood this central practice of Christian life. The prayers are organized according to seasons of the liturgical year, making them ideal for both group use and individual reflection.