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- Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends
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| # | Date | Publisher | Binding | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999-07-01 | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |  |
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- Blurb:
- Madeleine L"Engle is Author in Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. In addition to being a prolific writer, she has been a teacher, an actress, and the proprietor of a general store. Among the numerous literary awards her books have garnered is the John Newberry Award for A Wrinkle in Time. Her recent books include Mothers and Daughters (with her daughter Maria), Friends for the Journey (with Luci Shaw), and Bright Evening Star. Ms. L"Engle divides her time between homes in Goshen, Conn., (where she once ran that general store) and New York City. Luci Shaw is Writer in Residence at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the author of seven volumes of poetry, including Polishing the Petoskey Stone and Writing the River. She is also well known as a retreat facilitator and a lecturer on art and spirituality, the poetic imagination, and journal-writing as an aid to artistic and spiritual growth. She has co-authored two other books with Madeleine L"Engle, most recently Friends for the Journey. She and her husband, John Hoyte, live in Bellingham, Wash. Here is a collection of read-aloud, read-together prayers that will draw close friends even closer---to each other, to God, and to the fascinating authors of these prayers. In a brief foreword, Madeleine L"Engle and Luci Shaw talk about the prayers they offer and reflect on the experience of prayer in their lives and in their friendship. Then, successive page spreads feature prayers from both authors about a specific topic or for a special occasion. The prayers are interactive---voices responding to each other, praying for each other, praying together---and designed to be prayed aloud, together, by spiritual friends. With the prayers, L"Engle and Shaw suggest settings that might enhance the experience. Topics and occasions for the prayers are as universal as the experiences of all friends. The prayers themselves are as unique as the personalities and experiences of the partners who wrote the book and those who use it. This is a book that will build prayer and friendships---a perfect gift for friends to share. cc