
Praying with Our Hands
21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's Spiritual Traditions
- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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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
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: How Do We Pray with Our Hands?
- ALL OF LIFE IS SACRED IF WE KNOW THAT GOD IS PRESENT: Work as Prayer
- HOLINESS IS RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES: Welcoming the Sabbath
- HUNGERING FOR GOD: Accepting the Holy Eucharist
- WHEN WE FIND OUR CENTER, WE FIND GOD: Welcoming the Deity
- RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT OVER TIME: Table Grace
- WE ARE DIVINE AGENTS IN THE WORLD: Resisting Evil
- ADORING THE DIVINE CLOSE AT HAND: Praying with Icons
- TRUE FREEDOM COMES FROM LETTING GO: The Cosmic Mudra
- WE ARE EXPRESSIONS OF GOD TO EACH OTHER IN COMMUNITY: Laying on of Hands
- YEARNING FOR THE ONE WHOM WE CANNOT SEE OR TOUCH: Dancing with God
- SHARING GOD’S GOODNESS: Breaking Bread
- LINKING TO THE DIVINE: Counting Prayers
- OUR BODIES ARE SANCTUARIES FOR GOD: Daily Honor
- HUMILITY REQUIRES PRACTICE: Foot Washing
- SEPARATENESS IS AN ILLUSION: Showing Compassion
- SETTING ASIDE SACRED SPACE: Making an Altar
- REVERENCE CAN BEGIN WITH THE HANDS AND TRAIN THE HEART: The Sign of the Cross
- AN ENGAGED SPIRIT CANNOT HELP BUT SHOW ITSELF: Practicing Lovingkindness
- GOD MAY COME AT ANY TIME: Receiving the Spirit
- CONSECRATING OURSELVES: Holy Water
- RECONCILIATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH GOD: Passing the Peace
- CONCLUSION: Embodied Prayer Is an Expression of Who We Really Are
- Afterword
- Photographer’s Notes
- Source Notes
- About the Author
- Copyright
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