Prayers from Chautauqua - Softcover

Joan Brown Campbell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829819851 ISBN 13: 9780829819854

Publisher: Pilgrim Press, 2013

Joan Brown Campbell offers a moving collection of prayers for any occasion. Many of the prayers included were delivered at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Southwest New York. Campbell, revered for her dedication and extraordinary leadership to the national ecumenical interfaith community, delivers powerful moments for spiritual connection. For personal reflection or public participation, each prayer offers a new connection to God and a deepened awareness of the world we live in.

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About the Author:

Joan Brown Campbell is an ordained minister with standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the American Baptist Church. Her accomplishments and achievements include eleven honorary doctorate degrees. She is a sought after lecturer, preacher and author of Living Into Hope: A Call to Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This (2010). She has served as the director of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution for the past thirteen years.

Joan Chittister is a Benedictine sister and founding executive director of Benetvision, a resource and research center for contemporary spirituality in Erie, Pennsylvania. An internationally known writer and lecturer, she serves as co-chair of the UN?'s Global Peace Initiative of Women, writes the column "From Where I Stand" in the National Catholic Reporter, and is a regular blogger for the Huffington Post. Her more than forty books include The Story of Ruth: Twelve Moments in Every Woman?'s Life (with John August Swanson), Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully, Uncommon Gratitude (with Rowan Williams), The Monastery of the Heart, and God?'s Tender Mercy: Reflections on Forgiveness.

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