Jane E. Vennard

“The tensions between prayer and work, or contemplation and action, have been the topic of much discussion and argument. Some people put all their energy into prayer, believing that through prayer God will act in the world. Other people put all their energy into work, believing that only through the efforts of human hands and hearts will the work of the world get done. Still others see the need for both prayer and work but are puzzled whether one is more important than the other. I believe that the tensions we experience are actually not between contemplation and action, but between contemplation and agitation or between action and escapism.

(from Praying with Body and Soul, 105)”
― Jane E. Vennard, Praying with Body and Soul: A Way to Intimacy with God