For the Living of These Days
Prayers for a Troubled World
Published on 1. November 2012
124 pages
978-1-62189-476-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of Joan Kavanaugh's post-9/11 public pastoral prayers delivered at The Riverside Church in New York City. Written with a "newspaper in one hand and Bible in the other," they address the issues of human struggle and world crisis that have touched all of our lives in this era of terrorism, anxiety, and global conflict. Prophetic and pastoral, the prayers focus on contemporary themes of conflict, violence, poverty, racism, injustice, hope, and human longing from spiritual, psychological, and biblical perspectives. They are a resource for all who want to deepen their faith as they face a world deep in turmoil.
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Joan L. Kavanaugh is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ who served as clergy and the founding director of the Pastoral Counseling Center at The Riverside Church in New York City for thirty-three years. Currently she is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part 1: The World in Crisis
- 9/11
- Facing Terrorism
- A Thanksgiving for New York City
- Called to Life
- Keeping the Faith
- In the Advent of War
- At War with Iraq
- Invocation
- Cain and Abel
- Hurricane Katrina
- A Prayer for Guidance
- Presidential Election
- Arab Spring
- A Prayer for the Holy Land
- 9/11 Tenth Anniversary
- Part 2: In Search of the Beloved Community
- Invocation: Bless Us
- This Little Light of Mine
- A Prayer for Our Children
- The Language of God
- Out of the Wilderness
- Racism
- God, Not Guns
- Reverence
- Blindness
- Church Conflict
- Touch
- Gay Pride Sunday
- Gratitude
- Becoming Gardeners
- The Good Shepherd
- Domestic Violence
- What Love Requires
- Called to Communion
- Called to a Beloved Community
- Part 3: Seasons of Longing
- Invocation
- Martin Luther King Sunday
- Homecoming
- World Communion Sunday
- Advent
- Christmas Eve
- Lent: You Are There
- Palm Sunday
- Easter Invocation
- Pentecost
- All Saints Day
- Sending Forth Dr. Forbes
