Blessing and Beseeching

<p>As pandemic lockdowns descended across the world Gail Ramshaw scholar author and liturgist settled in to read the Scriptures anew. At each biblical book's end she wrote a prayer inspired by what she encountered.</p><p>Collected here in a beautifully typeset volume are seventy new prayers that resulted from that work. Surprises and riches are found on every page as when the book of Leviticus inspires an intercession for guidance in the holy the book of Esther pleads for good government and the book of James reminds us of the invisible migrant workers who pick our produce.</p><p>By turns bold and humble universal and deeply personal Ramshaw's poetry in prayer will inspire individual reflection and enrich public worship settings alike.</p>