Praying with Our Hands
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Praying with Our Hands

21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's Spiritual Traditions

  1. 96 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Praying with Our Hands

21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's Spiritual Traditions

About this book

A spiritual guidebook for bringing prayer into our bodies

The power of words is nowhere more evident than when we use them to pray, but prayer is also the place where we most often come up against the limitations of words. In this intriguing book of reflections and accompanying photographs, we see how our bodies, in particular our hands, can give meaning to our prayers in a way that words alone cannot.

Here are twenty-one simple ways of using our hands to speak to God, presented in word and image. These spiritual practices are from a broad range of religious traditions—from Anglican to Sufi, from Buddhist to Shaker. Some may be familiar, some new; all demonstrate the universal importance people of all faith traditions have given to embodied prayer. They teach us to experience the unique spiritual enrichment that can be found when we pray with our hands.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: How Do We Pray with Our Hands?
  8. ALL OF LIFE IS SACRED IF WE KNOW THAT GOD IS PRESENT: Work as Prayer
  9. HOLINESS IS RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES: Welcoming the Sabbath
  10. HUNGERING FOR GOD: Accepting the Holy Eucharist
  11. WHEN WE FIND OUR CENTER, WE FIND GOD: Welcoming the Deity
  12. RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT OVER TIME: Table Grace
  13. WE ARE DIVINE AGENTS IN THE WORLD: Resisting Evil
  14. ADORING THE DIVINE CLOSE AT HAND: Praying with Icons
  15. TRUE FREEDOM COMES FROM LETTING GO: The Cosmic Mudra
  16. WE ARE EXPRESSIONS OF GOD TO EACH OTHER IN COMMUNITY: Laying on of Hands
  17. YEARNING FOR THE ONE WHOM WE CANNOT SEE OR TOUCH: Dancing with God
  18. SHARING GOD’S GOODNESS: Breaking Bread
  19. LINKING TO THE DIVINE: Counting Prayers
  20. OUR BODIES ARE SANCTUARIES FOR GOD: Daily Honor
  21. HUMILITY REQUIRES PRACTICE: Foot Washing
  22. SEPARATENESS IS AN ILLUSION: Showing Compassion
  23. SETTING ASIDE SACRED SPACE: Making an Altar
  24. REVERENCE CAN BEGIN WITH THE HANDS AND TRAIN THE HEART: The Sign of the Cross
  25. AN ENGAGED SPIRIT CANNOT HELP BUT SHOW ITSELF: Practicing Lovingkindness
  26. GOD MAY COME AT ANY TIME: Receiving the Spirit
  27. CONSECRATING OURSELVES: Holy Water
  28. RECONCILIATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH GOD: Passing the Peace
  29. CONCLUSION: Embodied Prayer Is an Expression of Who We Really Are
  30. Afterword
  31. Photographer’s Notes
  32. Source Notes
  33. About the Author
  34. Copyright
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