Simple Prayers for Complicated Lives

From booting up the computer or driving a car, to pregnancy, childbirth, and sending out a child in shared custody, this collection offers simple prayers for living into and through the joys, anxieties, and complications of modern life. Traditional prayers - on waking, table graces, and preparing for sleep - are included, too.Phillips is equally at home with lament and thanksgiving; prayers for recovery from a robbery or divorce mingle with thanks for healing and the ordinary ticking of a clock.Prayers include: A Child's Breakfast Prayer, Dashboard Prayer, At the Computer, For Watching Television, Writing Checks, Prayer for a Marriage Bed, Delivery Room Prayer, For a Couple Longing to Conceive, A Prayer for Imperfect Parents, Out of This Muddle, After a Robbery.Phillips, Jennifer M. is the author of 'Simple Prayers for Complicated Lives', published 2006 under ISBN 9781596270299 and ISBN 1596270292.