Waiting in Gratitude: Prayers of Joy
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion.
These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, bringing us the joys of life even amid a broken and hurting world and especially offering a joyous calling in Christ to serve that world.
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- Presents a collection of prayers which can be used in both public worship and private devotion
- Enlists prayers in two main themes: joy in life and joy in Christ
- Highlights joy as gladness of faith about the reality of God, the wonder of God’s work, and the abundance of God’s creation
- One: Prayers of Joy in Life
- Two: Prayers of Joy in Christ
- Title: Waiting in Gratitude: Prayers of Joy
- Author: Walter Brueggemann
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Pages: 136
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780664268459, 0664268455
- Resource ID: LLS:WTNGGRTTDPRYRJY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-06T19:30:22Z
Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is past president of the Society of Biblical Literature and the author of numerous books, including David’s Truth: In Israel’s Imagination and Memory, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Genesis, and The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary.