The Edge of Glory: Prayers in the Celtic Tradition [Paperback]

David Adam (Author), Peter Dingle (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992

In the Celtic way of prayer the divine glory was intertwined with the ordinariness of everyday events like the patterns on carvings and illuminated gospels. The modern prayers in this book beautifully recapture that tradition. They were composed in a small parish in the north of England to help individuals and groups rediscover the use of life's simple rhythms in their worship of the Eternal Presence. Here are prayers for individual devotions and for corporate worship, as well as for quiet days and retreats.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 107 pages
• Publisher: Morehouse Group (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819214183
• ISBN-13: 978-0819214188
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,264,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Review by Paul Wallis author 'Be Thou my Breastplate', January 8, 2009

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The body of Celtic literature from the Dark Ages is more than an interesting tonic for the post-modern believer, it spells out an approach to God which hallows the everyday stuff of life, rather than irrelevances it in the way much church-centred spirituality does today.

In this book David Adam re-expresses something of the theology, feeling and spirituality crystallised in that historic body of Celtic literature left to posterity by the spiritual sons and daughters of Patrick, Aidan and Columba. Not only has David Adam done the work of unveiling this spirituality he re-expresses it in prayers honed in the life of community by contemporary Christians.

The Edge of Glory was penned before its author's life became signally wrapped up in the geography and continutiy of the Celtic tradition as Vicar on Aidan's island home of Lindisfarne. This book is evidence enough of why he would have suited so well for that position!

Many books have hinted at the relevance of "Celtic Christianity" to the needs of today's Christians, hungry for authentic forms of spirituality and authentic experiences of Christian community. For me reading 'The Edge of Glory' was the start of a life-changing journey of discovery. I hope it will be so for you, too.

Paul Wallis - author of "BE THOU MY BREASTPLATE - 40 days of giving your life to God the Celtic way!" (Continuum/Paulist) "This serene, superb...book is...a rich gift to the Church." Phyllis Tickle)