A meditation a day for Lent and Easter
Stephen Cherry
First published in Great Britain in 2013
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For Rachel: daughter, friend and companion
The voice of prayer is never silent.
John Ellerton
An introduction in three parts
Thursday: May This Day Be Blessed
Saturday: Litany for a New Day
Thursday: People With Nowhere to Sit
Maundy Thursday: Too Difficult
Easter Sunday: Embracing the Mystery
An introduction in three parts
The voice of prayer
Prayer is an extremely common human activity. As John Ellerton put it in a famous hymn, ‘the voice of prayer is never silent / nor dies the strain of praise away’.1 It takes myriad forms and transpires in countless contexts. Yet it is also strange and riddled with paradox. We associate it with our ...
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About Barefoot Prayers: A Meditation a Day for Lent and EasterStephen Cherry’s latest book is a sequence of beautifully crafted prayer meditations, providing simple yet profound spiritual nourishment for the Lenten season. Barefoot Prayers gives an engaging introduction to the different ways that prayer can work in the lives of the busiest of Christians. |
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