Prayers for every aspect of life
During the pandemic, priest and theologian David Taylor began writing collects (an ancient form of short prayer) as a daily spiritual exercise. It was a way for him to offer back to God his own fears and anxieties. As time went on, he began to receive requests for written prayers from friends and even strangers for a wide variety of circumstances and needs. His collection of prayers grew until it numbered in the hundreds.
Prayers for the Pilgrimage is a compilation of Taylor's prayers, arranged by topic and accompanied by a series of paintings by his wife, Phaedra. Here are prayers for morning and evening, work and play, public life and private life, doubt and faith—from Advent to Lent, from birth to death.
The Christian faith invites us to pray all of our lives back to God, lest we begin to believe that there is any part of our lives that God doesn't see or isn't interested in seeing. Prayers for the Pilgrimage gives us not only specific prayers but also a model for understanding our whole lives as prayer.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Prayers for Life: Artist Statement by Phaedra Taylor
Prayers for Morning and Evening
Prayers for Monday to Sunday
Prayers for the Secular Calendar
Prayers for the Church Calendar
Prayers for Birth to Death
Prayers for Joy and Sorrow
Prayers for Sickness and Healing
Prayers for the Virtues and Vices
Prayers for Work
Prayers for Creatives
Prayers for School
Prayers for Mundane Life
Prayers for Public Life
Prayers for Relational Life
Prayers for a Violent World
Prayers for the Love of Neighbor
Prayers for the Love of Self
Prayers for the Love of God
Nature Prayers
Children’s Prayers
Celtic Prayers
A Prayer for the Nobodies of the World
Acknowledgments
Appendix: How to Write Your Own Collects
Über den Autor
Phaedra Taylor (BFA, University of North Texas) is an artist whose work has been exhibited in juried, group, and solo exhibitions, and is held in private collections around the globe. Together with her husband, David, she also makes creative liturgical resources for families and churches.
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