This unique collection of over fifty prayers, written in a poetic style, will attract people of all faiths.
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Wisely resisting the impulse to organize these 52 prayers by subject or theme, the editors have left the design of the book free-flowing so that each piece is new and surprising rather than predictable. Ohler sees freshness everywhere. "From breakfast to the eschaton," he is continually "stunned by the ordinary" as he celebrates amazing miracles of grace. His God--and his God's love--are too rich to be boxed in theologically ("You elude our logic/ You burst our boxes"). An original collection from a fine new pastoral and poetic voice.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Frederick Ohler was a chaplain, teacher, and pastor at Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church and College Chapel near Asheville, North Carolina.
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i was first intro'd to this book in seminary. our dean would read one of Ohler's prayers before class. i have recommended this small book to many. his prayers are best read slowly and meditatively beacuse they are so visually rich. we have used them often in our emergent community."help us not only to be caught by the exceptional but to be stunned by the ordinary to marvel at what we call 'common'- sparrow the people sense touch and all the small and daily blessings." from Life is God-Sized "excessive generous lavish God... why do you waste so much time on us?" from Extravagant God
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Creative God the cosmos worships cleanly consistently constantly- amoebae halve electron and proton mate planets pirouette in orbit- a million atoms in our fingernails and each one is a microcosm a miniature galaxy! Read the first page New!
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- Second Sight : Stories for a New Millennium by Various in Front Matter
- A Treasury of Prayers by Stephen Fortosis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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