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Experience a deeper prayer life through this fresh take on ancient liturgy for believers today.

Designed to help individuals, families, and congregations pray together across denominations, this book of common prayer will help you and your community join together each day with the same songs, scriptures, and prayers. Composed under an advisory team of liturgy experts, these three influential and inspiring authors have created Common Prayer--a tapestry of prayer that will help the church be one as God is one.

This universal prayer book allows readers to greet each day together, remembering significant dates and Christian heroes in church history, as well as important historic dates in the struggle for freedom and justice. There are morning prayers for each day of the year, evening prayers for each of the seven days of the week, a midday prayer to be repeated throughout the year, and prayers for special occasions. In addition, there are morning prayers for Holy Week.

Common Prayer also includes a unique songbook composed of music and classic lyrics to more than fifty songs from various traditions, including African spirituals, traditional hymns, Mennonite gathering songs, and Taize chants. Tools for prayer are scattered throughout to aid those who are unfamiliar with liturgy and to deepen the prayer life of those who are familiar with liturgical prayer.

Ultimately, Common Prayer makes liturgy dance, taking the best of the old and bringing new life to it with a fresh fingerprint for the contemporary renewal of the church.

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Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution and Jesus for President, is a founder of The Simple Way, a community in inner-city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. thesimpleway.org Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of God's Economy and The Wisdom of Stability, directs the School for Conversion and lives with his family at Rutba House in Durham, NC. jonathanwilsonhartgrove.com

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan; 1st Edition (November 28, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 590 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0310326192
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310326199
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches

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Shane Claiborne
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Shane Claiborne graduated from Eastern University and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Eastern. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago where he served at the influential mega-church Willow Creek. As a peacemaker, his journeys have taken him to some of the most troubled regions of the world–from Rwanda to the West Bank–and he’s been on peace delegations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Together with his friend Tony Campolo, Shane heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of Christians committed to living out the lifestyle prescribed in the Gospels. Shane is also the visionary founder of The Simple Way, an organization in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, a North Carolina girl who also fell in love with the city (and with Shane). They were wed in St. Edwards church, the formerly abandoned cathedral into which homeless families relocated in 1995, launching the beginning of The Simple Way community and a new phase of faith-based justice making.
Shane writes and travels extensively speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers – and his classic The Irresistible Revolution. Shane's newest book is Executing Grace (June 2016).
Shane has been featured in a number of films, including Another World Is Possible and The Ordinary Radicals. His books are translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over 100 times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has been published in Esquire Magazine, SPIN, Christianity Today, and The Wall Street Journal. He has appeared on Fox News, Al Jazeera, CNN, and NPR. You can follow Shane on Twitter (@shaneclaiborne), Facebook (ShaneClaiborne), and www.redletterchristians.org.
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a celebrated spiritual author and sought-after speaker. A native of North Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School.
In 2003, Jonathan and his wife Leah founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the formerly homeless and the formerly housed share life together. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a popular education center that works to build beloved community and resource moral fusion coalitions. He is also an Associate Minister at St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church.
Jonathan is a leader in the the Red Letter Christians movement and the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. He speaks often to churches, conferences and university audiences.
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Felix Avier

A Potentially Great Resource Tainted by Politics and A Lack of Footnotes

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2020

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First off, I must say that I do like this resource. The format is very useful and very richly planted with liturgical roots. It draws heavy inspiration from the Book of Common Prayer (obviously) but simplifies things a bit so it's not so overwhelming. I really like the congregational flavor of calls and responses woven through the formatting (plain text for the leader, bold text for the congregation) and I really like the inclusion of more modern songs from a variety of backgrounds (the songbook in the back, and the companion app, which actually plays recordings of the songs, are both excellent.) There's a lot of content, with a unique morning prayer for every day of the year, and a weekly rhythm of evening prayer. There's also a simple midday prayer, which is the same every day. Some people have chalked this last up to laziness, but I don't mind repetition, since that's one of the pillars of liturgy anyway.

Where I do take issue with this book, however, is that the authors felt the need to insert their political views into what should be a completely accessible and non-partisan resource. On Columbus Day, for instance, the morning prayer includes a repeated line that essentially declares repentance for inheriting stolen land. If the author feels strongly that this is something to be repented for, I've got no problem with him doing so in his private prayer, but asking every reader to say this, multiple times, out loud, felt a bit heavy-handed to me. I get what they're going for by trying to connect the book to the issues throughout history and going on today, and I don't have a problem with someone's liberal political beliefs in and of themselves, I just don't think they belong in a book like this, and even though such things are few, and only sprinkled here and there, it makes the whole book smell a little off.

A few other minor gripes about the book: they didn't cite their sources for anything. I'd love to have seen some footnotes to know where some of the beautiful prayers and songs included came from. I also have a bit of a problem with the title itself. Common Prayer is misleading and may confuse people who aren't familiar with the Book of Common Prayer and think this is it. It felt like an underhanded way to sell more copies of the book.

I'd very much like to see a version of this book under a different name and with the liberal politics removed. In my mind, it would be a nearly perfect resource for daily prayer in that case. I'm half inclined to take a sharpie to mine and make some edits. But since I believe the goal of this book was to take the rich liturgical contents of books like the Book of Common Prayer and make it accessible to a newer generation, it does do that rather well. It is a good, but flawed, resource.

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alan spurgeon

Good daily office resource

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018

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If you want to spice up your daily office routine then check this out. It is a good companion to "Hour By Hour", "Book of Common Prayer", and Phyllis Tickle's daily office books.

The Kindle version can be a little unweildy so making bookmarks for morning, noon, and evening sections will make it a little quicker to get around.

I am a Franciscan brother and several other brothers in our order say they also use this book and like it.

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Benjamin Johnson

Meticulously Crafted, Refreshing, Interesting, but not enough Explanation of where the prayers come from.

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2010

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After a few years of exploring Christianity, having been introduced to Christianity by Mennonites and Evangelicals, pretending to be a Presbyterian for a while, flirting a little with Orthodoxy and even less with Catholicism, I finally found a church home with the Anglicans last year and have since been confirmed as an Anglican. One of the beautiful things about Anglicanism is The Book of Common Prayer which I have fallen in love with and use for personal daily prayer.

As other reviewers have noted (somewhat angrily) this book is not The Book of Common Prayer. Anyone who has read the product description, though, is already aware of this. It has many characteristics of The Book of Common Prayer though. There are outlines for Evening and Noonday prayer, but rather than having a simple rubric for Morning Prayer the book is filled with individual devotionals for each day of the year. So, for those who are familiar with both the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and those evangelical devotionals with a thought/meditation/prayer/reading/all-or-some-of-the-above, it might be helpful to think of this as something in between.

Perhaps it is not fair of me to write this review as I have certainly not read the entirety of the book (and I probably won't be done until a year from now--that's how the book works), but I will do my best to provide a review of what I have read of it.

The introduction is pretty good. It won't provide the depth of history behind liturgy that people who have already fallen in love with, studied, and practice liturgy would like. It is exactly what it claims to be--an introduction and nothing more. It seems that the intended audience is more those that are unfamiliar with liturgy than those who are familiar with it. It is what you would expect from the New Monastics in its critical attitude toward government and the idea of serving the Kingdom of God being mutually exclusive of serving the nations of this world. The point of being ecumenical is stressed over and over. It doesn't give a very complete history of liturgical prayer. Rather it just stresses that liturgy is a big part of the church's history. As the unhappy Anglican/Episcopal reviewers have mentioned, Thomas Cranmer is not even mentioned.

The Morning Prayers are pretty sweet. For those of you who are used to a tradition that uses liturgy, you'll either feel comfortable because of the way it seems sort of like what you use or you'll feel a bit uneasy about how it seems almost like it but not quite. I swung back and forth between those feelings reading the first nine days of morning prayers to get caught up. Aside from the liturgical aspect, the stories and quotes inserted about saints/heroes of Christianity are awesome. Great short little stories about amazing people. I really like this about this book.

One criticism I have about the liturgy in this book is that there's no reference made to where the material came from. I recognize a lot of it from my beloved Book of Common Prayer and a lot is straight out of the Bible, while other bits sound vaguely familiar. I've been to a lot of different kinds of churches and read a lot of liturgy, but I'm no expert so I can't pinpoint where it all came from. I wish there were a bunch of footnotes saying where all the material came from. That would be helpful in understanding what we're saying. Also, it's kind of difficult to appreciate another culture/tradition/time period's contribution when it's not even given credit. These people have clearly mined through so much material; I just wish I could have a map of where they've gone to get all of this.

The Occasional Prayers section is pretty helpful. A lot of these are comparable to some of the prayers in the Book of Common Prayer with a few notable ones that have no parallel prayer in the Book of Common Prayer. Two that really stood out to me are A Litany to Honor Women and Death of Someone Killed in the Neighborhood. I specifically like these two because these are things I've actually tried to pray about and felt unable to find the words. Scripted prayers provide words to pray when you don't know how to put words to your thoughts and feelings.

In conclusion, I wish this book were more thoroughly annotated to provide a richer understanding of where the prayers come from, but aside from that I'm really liking it. As far as the criticism made by a couple of my disgruntled fellow Anglicans that it's not The Book of Common Prayer, they're absolutely right, so if you're looking for that just buy that. It's a pretty sweet book too. It's definitely got the leanings of the New Monastics. It's got their subversive pacifist fingerprints all over it (and I like that). It's different from any prayer book you've seen and hopefully will make everyone feel a little bit welcome and a little bit displaced, which is good because we've got a lot to learn from trying out other folks' ways of doing things.

I'm sure I'll find more I like and dislike about it as the year goes on and this review is certainly not my final take on it, but hopefully some of you can benefit from my thoughts from the first few readings.

Grace and Peace to all of you.

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A.M Nelson

Strikes a good balance, easy to use in different contexts

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2019

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I like this! Ive tried a few different books like this and like this one best. Well organized so everything is on one page, and devotions aren't over long! Includes content from different traditions (such as African spirituals, high church chants, mixed with popular worship songs for music) and strikes a nice balance. A bit "activist" in flavor. I'm pretty apolitical so don't always love that, but overall I like reading the short biographies included on many days. I sometimes look up more about that person online, or look up the songs (many which I haven't heard of) to listen online and make my own playlist. Easy to use alone or with others.
Overall the authors did a great job.

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PRMRLM

Accessible, powerful, and fresh!

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2018

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This is the best of the best. There’s nothing else quite like it. It is not too long for working parents. It has many songs from different traditions (see their app for sound clips). It has some unconventional additions that you wouldn’t find in traditional liturgies. It’s new! Chrysostom was a gifted saint, but there is much to draw from today that he did not have, and this book makes use of the gifts of all those generations since him.

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Templar Truth

A very good resource for Christian prayer for all denominations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2011

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I fully agree with the other two reviewers of this book, James and A Grey in their very positive comments on this book.

I am sorry though that, as witnessed by some of the tags that some have added for this book, (which are totally unwarranted, suggesting that this book is heretical and representing a false Christianity), some very strongly disagree. These tags are very mistaken and misleading. On the other hand they may lead some to take more of an interest in this book instead and benefit from what they find !

I understand though, that some are unfortunately objecting to this book and getting very hot under the collar because they see the title, "Common Prayer" and see it as somehow trying to usurp the position of the Anglican "Book of Common Prayer", often shortened to "Common Prayer". I am quite sure that the authors of this book never had the slightest intentions of doing this. In fact, if only those who get upset will note, the full title of this book is, "Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals", their objections ought to be, at least to some extent, resolved.

Just as the original "Book of Common Prayer" formed a more concise version of previous ecumenical liturgies for the people of the time, which its successors still do, I believe that "Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals" does a similar job for our time. I cannot speak for the authors of this book, but it looks to me as if they had the intention of actually honouring the original "Book of Common Prayer" in using its shortened name as part of the title of this book. As such, and as I have already said, I am sure that they did not have any intention of trying to propose this book as a replacement.

Those with experience of the Liturgy of the Hours and similar forms for daily prayer, will recognise this as a very valid and useful resource for prayer and reflection. It includes elements from a number of different Christian traditions and so can be very useful towards helping Christians of all denominations feel at home and to come together in prayer.

A small criticism of this book might be in the way that it separates the material for morning prayer from evening prayer. At the same time, bearing in mind that morning prayer is more or less the same for each day of the week, and evening prayer has material for each day of the Christian year, I can see that, in the end, it makes sense. On the other hand, those wanting to bring more variety into their morning could easily make use of the seasonal material as well. It is worth noting here that some liturgical books can be even more difficult for newcomers to find their way around, so this one is very easy by comparison).

For those wishing that this book included Night Prayer, as I did, on first looking at it, it is worth noting that, as with the "Book of Common Prayer", Evening and Night Prayer have been combined into one service. If anyone wanted to keep to a separate Night Prayer, they could quite easily simply omit the Nunc Dimittis - The Canticle of Simeon from Evening Prayer and adapt the form for Evening Prayer, including the Nunc Dimittis and perhaps some other suitable prayers for Night Prayer. I note though, that the forthcoming shortened Pocket Version Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals will include a separate form of Night Prayer, as well as other material not included in this full edition, as mentioned in an email the publishers have sent to me, as follows:-

"Common Prayer Pocket Edition helps individuals and today's diverse church pray together across traditions and denominations. With an ear to the particulars of various liturgical prayer traditions, and using an advisory team of liturgy experts, the authors have created a tapestry of prayer that celebrates the best of each tradition. This convenient and portable book also includes tools for prayer scattered throughout to aid those unfamiliar with liturgy and deepen the prayer life of those already familiar with liturgical prayer".

"Common Prayer Pocket Edition adds new prayers for Compline (late evening) and for individual use, such as prayers for travel, protection, and various blessings. It includes a table of days and readings for the morning prayers as well as an annotated list of saints and days to remember".

I have the Pocket Edition on pre-order already, because as well as supplementing the big book, it will evidently be very useful for traveling as well.

As one who mainly uses other forms of the Liturgy of the Hours, I find this book provides good additional and alternative material to help me in my prayer life. I also believe that this book will be helpful for those who would find the more formal church books of prayer less attractive. Likewise those who might want to begin with something that is easier to use, even if they may later on want to make use of the formal denominational ones, such as used by Anglicans, Lutherans or Roman Catholics etc.

Oh yes! I nearly forgot to mention, as well as providing the words of hymns and songs, the music and chords are also helpfully provided. As a saying goes, "Those who sing, pray twice". A lot of careful thought and artistry has gone into the production of this book and I recommend it.

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JM

Well worth a read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2019

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Very good book.
A must for all who are thinking about daily worship even if you are not familiar with liturgy.

M. R. Baines

Invaluable aide to prayer in an injust world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2013

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It's so very good to know that when I use this daily prayer book that I'm joining my voice with those of many others around the world who are discontent with the status quo and long to see God's kingdom come with righteousness and justice for all.

I bought this digital copy as a back up for my hardback copy which was a bit too hefty to take away on holiday. Now I find I use it just as much ikn everyday life- on my lunch break, on the bus, in the park.

oodjamaflip

Bit American and a bit samey every day. But ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2017

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Bit American and a bit samey every day. But its all I could find in ebook form, so not much competition. Well done Shane for making the effort. Much appreciated.

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I. FOLLOW

Rich and Deep Prayer Resource for Every Day

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2012

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Drawing on a wealth of traditions back to the early days of the Church, and combining what they
offer with the fruits of the New Monastic movement, this large but easy to use volume provides
food for the individual and for groups for every day of the year. It makes liturgy come alive
and sets it all in the context of profound commentaries on the phases of the Christian Year.
And if that wasn't enough, it includes a selection of hymns and songs with scores and chords!

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