Women's Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated - Hardcover

Elizabeth Rankin Geitz; Marjorie A. Burke; Ann Smith; Debra Q. Bennett; Kathryn McCormick; Tracy J. Sukraw

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0819218642 ISBN 13: 9780819218643

Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Looking for ways to be strong yet tender, independent yet intimate, women today strive toward ever greater understanding of themselves, their relationships with family and friends, and their place in the world.

Written by clergy and lay women from all around the country, this compilation of prayers and poems is the collective wisdom of contemporary women who base their search for such understanding on the belief that all of life must be seen against the backdrop of a vital faith. Offered in a spirit of sharing and encouragement, these prayers and poems are as rich, intricate, and complex as the women's lives they represent.

Women's Uncommon Prayers covers the full spectrum of emotions from desperate pleas for compassion in times of despair to quiet gratitude for the simple blessings of everyday living, to raucous praise during moments of celebration. These prayers touch on an amazing array of topics organized under the categories of identity, daily life, stages of life, spirituality, and ministry. Also included are comprehensive sections of seasonal and corporate prayers.

About this title

About the Author:

The Reverend Canon Elizabeth Geitz is an Episcopal priest and author of numerous books, including Fireweed Evangelism: Christian Hospitality in a Multi-faith World and Soul Satisfaction: Reclaiming the Divine Feminine; Gender and the Nicene Creed, and co-editor of Women's Uncommon Prayers. The former Canon for Ministry Development and Deployment in the Diocese of New Jersey, she is an award-winning writer and popular speaker and works closely with Sister Jane Mankaa and the Good Shepherd Home Board in Cameroon. Visit Elizabeth's website and blog at www.elizabethgeitz.com.

 

Review:

... guide for reflection, insight... where we can be open and vulnerable to ourselves, one another, and to God. -- The Bookshelf, The Arkansas Episcopalian, October 2000

... rich and diverse... reflections upon the experience of life from the perspective of believing women. -- The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, June 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0819218642
• ISBN 13: 9780819218643
• Binding: Imitation Leather
• Number of pages: 384