Liturgies for Hope: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, the Lows, and Everything in Between

Liturgies for Hope is a collection of 60 contemporary liturgies that offer a time-tested message of hope for readers navigating fear, burnout, loneliness, and other worries. The prayers are inspired by past generations of faith and are designed to awaken the prayer life, exploring experiences such as feeling burned-out, embracing the mystery of faith, receiving the kindness of others, and struggling with secret shame. With Scripture references for every prayer, the book is both timeless and ideal for this moment, offering words to express our longings, shore up our prayers, and reorient our souls.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: SPCK Publishing

Sixty contemporary, comforting liturgies that break through the chaos of modern life to offer a time-tested message of hope for readers navigating fear, burnout, loneliness, and other worries. Powerful, prayerful poetry covering topics that are at once universal but also timely in their particularity. Christie Purifoy, author of Placemaker, reminds us, Jesus, that You lay sleeping in the boat, in the middle of the storm at sea. You are neither surprised nor distressed by the mounting chaos. You are not a God who panics. When writers Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore were inspired to create an anchor of hope for their own local community, they moved forward by turning to the past, to a time when Christians looked at the collapsing world around them and resolved to offer something beautiful - something true - through poetic prayers. The stunning result is Liturgies for Hope, an original collection of modern liturgies reminiscent of past generations of faith. Designed to awaken your prayer life, the entries in this gentle guide explore experiences such as feeling burned-out and soul-weary, embracing the mystery of faith, receiving the kindness of others, struggling with secret shame, bursting with thanksgiving. With Scripture references for every prayer, Liturgies for Hope is both timeless and ideal for this moment, offering words to express our longings, shore up our prayers, and reorient our souls. Deeply uplifting, this beautiful collection of 60 comforting prayers for modern life will help readers speak to the God who knows them, supports them, and see that whatever their circumstances, there is always more hope to be had.

Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780281087655