Praying a New Story

by Michael Morwood

Overview

Offers a way of seeing and being in the presence of an "everywhere God" -- in all, through all, never absent, always near.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570755316
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.34(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	A New Story to Tell: God Always and Everywhere	12
	Our Dignity: A Story for All Human Beings	19
	God-with-Us: Temples of God's Spirit	24
	Extravagant Generosity: Let Celebration Begin!	32
	Understanding Prayer: The Breath of Life in Us	38
	Prayer for the New Story: Expressing Who We Are	43
	One Body: Bonded with the Universe	47
	Living in Love: Earthen Vessels Holding Treasure	51
	Jesus, Human Like Us: Setting Us Free	59
	Christmas: Emmanuel: God-Is-with-Us	64
	Good Friday: A Close Companion	70
	Easter: New Beginnings	78
	Pentecost: At All Times, in All Places	84
	Celebrating Family: Breaking Bread Together	90
	Eucharist: Giving Thanks in the Twenty-first Century	95
	In Time of Tragedy: Where Is God?	99
	Marriage--A Reading: The Spirit of Life and Love in Human Form	103
	Wedding Anniversary: Celebrating God's Presence in Our Loving	105
	Death: Living on in God	110
	Final Prayer at the Crematorium or Gravesite: Where Am I Now?	115
	All Saints: We Are All One in God	118
	Praying What We Read: Turning Thoughts into Prayer	123
	Prayer of Petition: Creating Ripples	129
	Gathering Prayer for a Faith-Sharing Group: Acknowledging the Spirit of Wisdom in Us	133
	Reconciliation: A Different Sense of Sin	135
	Led by the Spirit: The Test of Genuine Prayer	139