{"product_id":"prayers-and-blessings-for-healthcare-workers-9781640654808","title":"Prayers and Blessings for Healthcare Workers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e—Amanda Held Opelt, writer, musician\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Pavlovitz, author of \u003ci\u003eA Bigger Table\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Note about Language and Editing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Your Grounding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFront and Center \/ \u003ci\u003eNathan Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Love Song to All the Helpers \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Laura Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for a New Day \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer Before Commencing a Shift \/ \u003ci\u003eRabbi Brian T. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing for Donning and Doffing \/ \u003ci\u003eRev .Hadley Kifner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Those Who Walk in the Footsteps \/ \u003ci\u003eRev .Paula A. Wells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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 \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Traci Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for Those Who Step into the Mess \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Elizabeth Felicetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing in a Pandemic \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Those Who Keep the Ceiling From Falling In and Floors From Falling Out \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Sonya Gravlee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blessing for Caregivers \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for Leaning \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Mark Wingfield \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer for All During Coronavirus \/ \u003ci\u003eDr.Virgil Fry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminders \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Keith A. Menhinick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Your Hands\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer for the Young Man (Who Makes Not Much an Hour for Hazardous Duty) \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Kevin M. Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing for Your Hands \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Hadley Kifner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Tuesday Afternoon in 2020 \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Laura D. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVespers \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Molly Bolton \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBedside Prayers \/ \u003ci\u003eLeslie Deslauriers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing of Nursing and Caregiving Hands \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ally Vertigan and Rev\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMishca R\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRussell-Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOVID Collects \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. David Finnegan-Hosey \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for an EMT \/ \u003ci\u003eThe Most Rev\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMichael B\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eCurry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen All Along: A Sestina for the Helpers \/ \u003ci\u003eJennifer Grant \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the One I Cannot Visit \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemembrance Gathering: A Way to Honor and Release Patients Who Have Died \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Katherine K. Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Meditation for Releasing Those Who Have Died \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ellen M. Swinford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing for the End of This Year \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Laura Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Your Heart\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer in Times of Grief \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Chelsea Brooke Yarborough \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOra Pro Nobis \/ \u003ci\u003eCatherine McNiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer for Naming When It Hurts \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Molly Brummett Wudel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLament \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Molly Bolton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing for Anger \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. James Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for Grief’s Lessons \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilderness (How Hagar Felt) \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Dr. Danielle J. Buhuro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntercessory Prayer for Pandemic Frontline Workers \/ \u003ci\u003eHeather Bachelder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Lament for Composting Hard Truths \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Kelly Gregory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA COVID-19 Compline \/ \u003ci\u003eCatherine McNiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbracing Humankind \/ \u003ci\u003eRabbi Deborah Jill Schloss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Pray \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ineda Pearl Adesanya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for the Dead \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Randy Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Litany for Those Who Have Cared for COVID-19 Patients and Their Families \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Hadley Kifner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten on Your Heart \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Drew Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealers Needing Healing \/ \u003ci\u003eHayden Dawes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetta \u003c\/i\u003eMeditation: A Practice of Loving-Kindness \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ellen M. Swinford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Blessings for Troubled Times (and Troubled Hearts) \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Katherine K. Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Your Breath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Lord, What a Morning \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Molly Bolton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreath Prayer \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. David Finnegan-Hosey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey Say This Time Is Invaluable \/ \u003ci\u003eLeenah Safi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt Is OK to Scream \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blessing for the Weary \/ \u003ci\u003eCatherine McNiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessing for the Night \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer for Pandemic Times \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Paul Roberts Abernathy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Kari Pellegrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Collect for Parents Working on the Front Lines \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Traci Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Those Who Wait \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Sheila P. Spencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Words Could Heal \/ \u003ci\u003eJessica Covil\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer for a Long Shift \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Katherine Willis Pershey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInFINITE \/ \u003ci\u003eRabbi Deborah Jill Schloss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompanioning One \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Arianne Braithwaite Lehn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod of It All \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Hadley Kifner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Prayer at the Conclusion of a Shift \/ \u003ci\u003eRabbi Brian T. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Invitation to Breath \u0026amp; Mystery \u0026amp; Courage \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ellen M. Swinford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow Exhale \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Martha Spong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Your Becoming\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstructions for Anxious Days \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Laura Martin \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLitany for Incarnation \/ \u003ci\u003eClaire Repsholdt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunrise \/ \u003ci\u003eJamie R. Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvocation of Opening the Curtains \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Jessica Stokes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Invitation \/ \u003ci\u003eDr. Catherine Meeks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife Prevails \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Randy Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrayer for the Covering \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod Is Everywhere \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Malcolm L. Marler \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs You Love the Only World We Have \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Keith A. Menhinick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeloved, You Are \/ \u003ci\u003eRev. Ginny Wilder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Church Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359859081559,"sku":"9781640654808","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/prayers-and-blessings-for-healthcare-workers-9781640654808","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}