Prayers and Blessings for Healthcare Workers
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Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcare workers have borne the brunt of its impact. Chaplains and clergy across all lines of faith have ministered to those caregivers through prayers and blessings.
This curated collection of interfaith prayers, blessings, and poems was written by those who minister to healthcare workers. It’s a beautiful resource that those who work on our medical front lines can carry with them or keep at their workstations for daily inspiration. It can also be used by chaplains and pastors who offer support to medical personnel.
Many of the prayers were written to meet specific needs during the pandemic, yet they speak to the shared grief and hope we all have carried as we continue to navigate this extraordinary time. Contributors include The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Rev. Barbara Crafton, Catherine Meeks, Jennifer Grant, Rev. Ineda Pearl Adesanya, and Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781640654808 |
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| Publisher: | Church Publishing, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 08/17/2021 |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Sales rank: | 933,360 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
MARTHA SPONG is executive director of RevGalBlogPals, an international online community with more than 4,000 members. She contributes to The Christian Century and The Huffington Post. An ordained United Church of Christ minister married to a Presbyterian minister, Spong and her family live in central Pennsylvania.
GINNY WILDER is a poet, musician, and Episcopal priest currently serving as the Rector of St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Passionate about taking the good news of Jesus Christ out into the city and beyond, she hosts a weekly Bible study in a bar, plays at local venues, and openly asks people about their prayer life. She has seven CDs and has performed in various venues, festivals, and churches on East Coast.
GAYLE FISHER-STEWART, editor of Preaching Black Lives (Matter) serves currently as the interim rector at the historically Black, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. Prior to becoming ordained, she served with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC, and later taught at the university level while consulting with local and federal government agencies. She lives in Maryland.
DAVID FINNEGAN-HOSEY is the College Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries at Barton College in Wilson, North Carolina. He is the author of Christ on the Psych Ward. In 2011, David was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a series of psychiatric hospitalizations. He now speaks and writes about the intersections among mental illness, mental health, and faith. David lives in Wilson with his wife, Leigh, and their dog, Penny Lane.
JENNIFER GRANT is the author of several books including the picture book Maybe God Is Like That Too. which won a gold medal from the Moonbeam Spirit Awards for excellence in children's literature and was named a book of the year finalist in the Foreword Indies awards. Her second picture book, Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too, was named a Junior Library Guild official gold standard selection. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
INEDA P. ADESANYA is an American Baptist minister and spiritual director. Ineda holds masters degrees from San Francisco Theological Seminary and Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She provides spiritual direction, retreats, an annual Spirituality and Hermeneutics Forum, and a weekly blog. She teaches at the Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute, and is a pastoral counselor and spiritual director for the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, SFTS, and in private practice. She lives in Oakland, California.
BARBARA CAWTHORNE CRAFTON is a popular preacher, retreat leader, and writer who teaches at Marble Collegiate Church and at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, Episcopal Life, and many other publications. She is the author of many books, including Called, The Courage to Grow Old, The Sewing Room, Living Lent, and many others. She lives in Metuchen, New Jersey.
Catherine Meeks, PhD, is the former Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, the retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies from Wesleyan College, and the former Founding Executive Director of the Lane Center for Community Engagement and Service. Dr. Meeks is the author of six books, including The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning, the editor of Living Into God’s Dream: Dismantling Racism in America, and the co-author of Passionate for Justice: Ida B Wells as Prophet for Our Times. She is the winner of The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, and was one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s notable women in 2022. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Clark Atlanta University, and a PhD from Emory University. She is the founder of Turquoise and Lavender, an institute for transformation and healing and writes regular opinion pieces for Baptist News Global. Dr. Meeks lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry is the Episcopal Church’s 27th Presiding Bishop. He was the Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015. Bishop Curry has a national preaching and teaching ministry and is a regular on TV and radio and a frequent speaker at conferences around the country. His books include Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus; Following the Way of Jesus: Church’s Teachings for a Changing World; and Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times.
Table of Contents
IntroductionA Note about Language and Editing
For Your Grounding
Front and Center / Nathan Brown
A Love Song to All the Helpers / Rev. Laura Martin
Prayer for a New Day / Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
A Prayer Before Commencing a Shift / Rabbi Brian T. Nelson
Blessing for Donning and Doffing / Rev .Hadley Kifner
For Those Who Walk in the Footsteps / Rev .Paula A. Wells
For Parents Who Leave Their Children at Home to Care for Others and You Feel as Though You Are the Cobbler and Your Children Have No Shoes / Rev. Traci Smith
Prayer for Those Who Step into the Mess / Rev. Elizabeth Felicetti
Blessing in a Pandemic / Rev. Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth
For Those Who Keep the Ceiling From Falling In and Floors From Falling Out / Rev. Sonya Gravlee
A Blessing for Caregivers / Rev. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones
Prayer for Leaning / Rev. Mark Wingfield
A Prayer for All During Coronavirus / Dr.Virgil Fry
Reminders / Rev. Keith A. Menhinick
For Your Hands
A Prayer for the Young Man (Who Makes Not Much an Hour for Hazardous Duty) / Rev. Kevin M. Roberts
Blessing for Your Hands / Rev. Hadley Kifner
A Tuesday Afternoon in 2020 / Rev. Laura D. Johnson
Vespers / Rev. Molly Bolton
Bedside Prayers / Leslie Deslauriers
Blessing of Nursing and Caregiving Hands / Rev. Ally Vertigan and Rev. Mishca R. Russell-Smith
COVID Collects / Rev. David Finnegan-Hosey
Prayer for an EMT / The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry
Seen All Along: A Sestina for the Helpers / Jennifer Grant
For the One I Cannot Visit / Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Remembrance Gathering: A Way to Honor and Release Patients Who Have Died / Rev. Katherine K. Henderson
A Meditation for Releasing Those Who Have Died / Rev. Ellen M. Swinford
Blessing for the End of This Year / Rev. Laura Martin
For Your Heart
A Prayer in Times of Grief / Rev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough
Ora Pro Nobis / Catherine McNiel
A Prayer for Naming When It Hurts / Rev. Molly Brummett Wudel
Lament / Rev. Molly Bolton
Blessing for Anger / Rev. James Adams
Prayer for Grief’s Lessons / Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
Wilderness (How Hagar Felt) / Rev. Dr. Danielle J. Buhuro
Intercessory Prayer for Pandemic Frontline Workers / Heather Bachelder
A Lament for Composting Hard Truths / Rev. Kelly Gregory
A COVID-19 Compline / Catherine McNiel
Embracing Humankind / Rabbi Deborah Jill Schloss
I Pray / Rev. Ineda Pearl Adesanya
Prayer for the Dead / Rev. Randy Lewis
A Litany for Those Who Have Cared for COVID-19 Patients and Their Families / Rev. Hadley Kifner
Written on Your Heart / Rev. Drew Phillips
Healers Needing Healing / Hayden Dawes
Metta Meditation: A Practice of Loving-Kindness / Rev. Ellen M. Swinford
Two Blessings for Troubled Times (and Troubled Hearts) / Rev. Katherine K. Henderson
For Your Breath
My Lord, What a Morning / Rev. Molly Bolton
Breath Prayer / Rev. David Finnegan-Hosey
They Say This Time Is Invaluable / Leenah Safi
It Is OK to Scream / Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart
A Blessing for the Weary / Catherine McNiel
Blessing for the Night / Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
A Prayer for Pandemic Times / Rev. Paul Roberts Abernathy
Here / Rev. Kari Pellegrino
A Collect for Parents Working on the Front Lines / Rev. Traci Smith
For Those Who Wait / Rev. Sheila P. Spencer
If Words Could Heal / Jessica Covil
A Prayer for a Long Shift / Rev. Katherine Willis Pershey
InFINITE / Rabbi Deborah Jill Schloss
Companioning One / Rev. Arianne Braithwaite Lehn
God of It All / Rev. Hadley Kifner
A Prayer at the Conclusion of a Shift / Rabbi Brian T. Nelson
An Invitation to Breath & Mystery & Courage / Rev. Ellen M. Swinford
Slow Exhale / Rev. Martha Spong
For Your Becoming
Instructions for Anxious Days / Rev. Laura Martin
Litany for Incarnation / Claire Repsholdt
Sunrise / Jamie R. Rivera
Invocation of Opening the Curtains / Rev. Jessica Stokes
An Invitation / Dr. Catherine Meeks
Life Prevails / Rev. Randy Lewis
Prayer for the Covering / Rev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund
God Is Everywhere / Rev. Malcolm L. Marler
As You Love the Only World We Have / Rev. Keith A. Menhinick
Beloved, You Are / Rev. Ginny Wilder
Contributors
What People are Saying About This
“This beautiful and inspiring collection of prayers and blessings provides words for those of us who were left speechless by the pandemic. It is a must-read for anyone who wishes to mark this difficult moment in history with light and hope.”
—Amanda Held Opelt, writer, musician
“In these pages you will encounter restorative, life giving words that speak to the commonalities of our journeys, and you will find affinity in their beautiful reminders of love’s perseverance. A much-needed exhale for the world.”
—John Pavlovitz, author of A Bigger Table