Writing to God: 40 Days of Praying with My Pen

by Rachel G Hackenberg

Overview

Writing to God is a Lenten devotional tool, providing forty-seven insightful prayers for personal reflection and an equal number of scripturally-based writing prompts to guide readers/writers in their own praying. Each prayer draws its readers into a moment of meditation, even as it sets an example for the accompanying prompt. Paired together, these prayers and writing prompts offer daily devotions for the Lenten season, including Sundays and Holy Week.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557258793
Publisher:	Paraclete Press
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Series:	Active Prayer
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	676,125
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Rev. Rachel G. Hackenberg serves as the pastor of Grace United Church of Christ in Lancaster, PA. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, she authors the blog Faith and Water, and has published prayers in Before the Amen: Creative Resources for Worship.

Table of Contents

introduction iii

40 days of praying with my pen 1

day 1 Caffeine

day 2 Daily Blessing

day 3 Humility

day 4 Psalm 46:10

day 5 Ashes to Ashes Confession

day 6 The Word Became Flesh

day 7 In Need of Prophets

day 8 Heartache

day 9 A Lover's Psalm

day 10 Psalm 147

day 11 Lament to the Savior

day 12 Prayer of Names

day 13 A Prayer While Waiting for the Kingdom of God

day 14 Testimony

day 15 Nighttime Prayer

day 16 Recycling: A Prayer for Salvation

day 17 Unceasing Prayer

day 18 Adoration

day 19 Lament

day 20 Taking a Breath

day 21 Loving the Holy

day 22 Emmanuel

day 23 Experiencing Psalm 23

day 24 Uncertain

day 25 Feeling a Prayer

day 26 Simply

day 27 Focusing on Rocks

day 27 Unrequited

day 29 For a Moment, and a Lifetime

day 30 Seeking Signs

day 31 Traveling

day 32 On "Good Friday" Kind of Days

day 33 From God

day 34 Spring Rain

day 35 Praying with My Hands

day 36 Barren

day 37 Rooted

day 38 Four Corners

day 39 Confessional

day 40 Praise in Haiku

prayers and prompts for holy week 83

Palm Sunday: Palms and Passion

Monday: In Praise of Green

Tuesday: Enlightening

Wednesday: John 11:35

Maundy Thursday: Miserere

Good Friday: Darkness over the Land

Holy Saturday: Between Hopelessness and Hope

Easter Sunday: Amen

acknowledgments 100

index of scriptural praying prompts 100

Interviews

Lancaster, PA

Editorial Reviews

"Hackenberg's words have a heartbeat---sometimes they are beautiful and otherworldly; other time they are simple and earthy. When I read her prayers, I'm sure I have just prayed. But she wants me to take up my pen and pray. With a prayer, a Scripture passage, and a task, she gives me a personal invitation and permission to enter the incarnational practice of writing my words to God." --Sybil MacBeth, author of Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God

"For some, speaking to God comes naturally---for others, speaking to God feels awkward, especially when we can't find the words or begin to stumble in mid-sentence. Hackenberg offers an alternative way. Writing to God is an expression of deep humility---it seems to say, 'If I can write to God, so can you.'" --Donald Capps, Professor of Pastoral Theology (Emeritus), Princeton Theological Seminary

"Inspiration can come at any time or place, awakening the artist, writer, and creator in all of us just by picking up a pen and letting the words flow. Living with this book will make each day a holy adventure." --Bruce Epperly, author of Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living

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