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Praying Like a Woman
Praying Like A Woman is the expression of one woman's journey through life and faith, yet its themes of struggle, suffering, and joy, are universal. It is both intensely personal, and also appealing and relevant to all women.
'My hope is that whoever picks up this book may be encouraged -- to pray as and who they are, towards who they may yet become.'
-Nicola Slee
The collection contains prayers, poems, songs, psalms, canticles, litanies, laments and creeds, as well as personal reflections. The areas covered include traditional areas for prayer, but also diverge into more specific themes, particularly relevant for women - such as the body and health.
Praying Like A Woman is ideal for women who want to explore and develop their faith. The author hopes it will help other women to live into the experience of being a woman, in the particular time and place in which they find themselves, in the eyes of others and of God.
"[The] poems and prayers bear witness to a faith of considerable depth and raw honesty, as she holds her God to account for her own sufferings and those of women throughout the world and across time. And then comes joy -- exuberant as the spring, and as unexpected as the resurrection."
-Janet Morley (author of All Desires Known)
'My hope is that whoever picks up this book may be encouraged -- to pray as and who they are, towards who they may yet become.'
-Nicola Slee
The collection contains prayers, poems, songs, psalms, canticles, litanies, laments and creeds, as well as personal reflections. The areas covered include traditional areas for prayer, but also diverge into more specific themes, particularly relevant for women - such as the body and health.
Praying Like A Woman is ideal for women who want to explore and develop their faith. The author hopes it will help other women to live into the experience of being a woman, in the particular time and place in which they find themselves, in the eyes of others and of God.
"[The] poems and prayers bear witness to a faith of considerable depth and raw honesty, as she holds her God to account for her own sufferings and those of women throughout the world and across time. And then comes joy -- exuberant as the spring, and as unexpected as the resurrection."
-Janet Morley (author of All Desires Known)
- GenresFeminismSpirituality
160 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2004
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May 5, 2016
This is a celebration of being female - but in a way that at times seems to ignore God and not have much to do with Christianity. It is terribly self-obsessed and has no idea of mission. The suggested liturgies didn't seem of much relevance to the average reader. The poetry was mediocre. The two poems that were most memorable for me were one about the mother of the prodigal son and one (which I didn't fully agree with) about Mary Magdalene.
December 28, 2016
I think I would actually give this 3.5 stars. Some poems/prayers I really loved, others just felt like reading someone else's prayers... It was difficult to get through but still worth reading.
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