Courageous Spirit : Voices from Women in Ministry

by Upper Room Books

• ISBN13: 9780835898959
• ISBN10: 0835898954
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-31
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(6)
ATTENDING TO THE HOLY
Love Affair at Dusk: A Prayer
Pamela Hawkins	17	(1)
Holy Saturday Pilgrimage
Kathryn L. Pigg	18	(2)
Women's Hands Weave Worship
Diana Jani Rivas-Druck	20	(2)
The Web of Faith
Susan W.N. Ruach	22	(1)
Attentiveness, Awareness, and Attunement
Barbara B. Troxell	23	(2)
Call to Worship I
Carolyn Stahl Bohler	25	(1)
Call to Worship II
Carolyn Stahl Bohler	26	(1)
Worship
Carlee L. Hallman	27	(1)
Baptismal Renewal Prayer
Denise McGuiness	28	(2)
Direction
Donna L. Patterson	30	(1)
A Blessing for Our Bodies
Clara M. Reed	31	(2)
The Heron
Sarah Daniels Roncolato	33	(1)
Come Live in the Light
Hope Morgan Ward	34	(2)
Somewhere Between
Marcia Weeks Woodyard	36	(1)
Jacob's Well
Denise L. Stringer	37	(4)
BROKENNESS AND HEALING
No Condemnation
Grace E. Huck	41	(1)
God Restored My Soul
Paula M. Payne	42	(1)
Litany for Healing
Nancy A. Johnson	43	(1)
Haunted Eyes
Shelley K. Potter-Abrahamsen	44	(2)
Outrage
DanaBeth Wells-Goodwin	46	(2)
Walking the Path
Judith Anna	48	(2)
Elegy
Nancy Holden	50	(1)
Let the Healing Begin
Linda Patzke	51	(1)
You Don't Say
K Almond	52	(2)
Intercession
Marion Jackson	54	(3)
LONGINGS
Waiting for the Guide
Safiyah Fosua	57	(3)
Dear God
Barbara Grace Ripple	60	(1)
Sky Pilot
Heather Murray Elkins	61	(2)
In the Case of a Woman
Marion Kline	63	(2)
God Who Brings the Cleansing Rain
Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia	65	(1)
Preparation for a Lenten Journey
Margaret W. Bickford	66	(1)
Humble Jesus
Nancy A. Johnson	67	(1)
Prayer
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	68	(1)
Invocation
Nancy Grissom Self	69	(1)
Often When I'd Nurse My Daughter
Jaime Potter	70	(1)
Prayer in a Time of War
Beverly Johnson Biehr	71	(1)
Doubt
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	72	(1)
Reply to the Question
Barbara Grace Ripple	73	(1)
Nursing Home Ministry
Lauren Kay Shock	74	(3)
DREAMS AND VISIONS
Creating God
Marion Jackson	77	(1)
You Are the Source
Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia	78	(1)
Who Are the Women?
Jane Allen Middleton	79	(1)
Caring for the Soul
Lydia Salazar Martinez	80	(1)
Birthing Earth
Jan Rivero	81	(1)
Weeds
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	82	(1)
Pillar of Our Faith
Holly C. Rudolf	83	(1)
Moving
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	84	(1)
May You Have Peace
A. Barbara Bate	85	(1)
Adventus
Lauren Kay Shock	86	(3)
PERSEVERING IN HOPE
God of Old
Nancy A. Johnson	89	(1)
Forging Ahead
Cathy Warner	90	(2)
The Weaver
Marietta Mansfield	92	(2)
Song and Thoughts
A Colleen K.S. Chun	94	(1)
Journeying Together
Mary Ann Moman	95	(3)
I Am the Pastor's Robe
Crystal R. Sygeel	98	(1)
Survival
K Almond	99	(1)
Preacher, Is There a Word from God?
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	100	(1)
A Litany for Advent/Christmas Eve
Lea A. Guiney	101	(3)
Waiting for God
Gina Kim	104	(5)
LOOSING GOD'S LOVE IN THE WORLD
Call to Worship
Colleen K.S. Chun	109	(1)
Advent Intercessions
Marion Jackson	110	(1)
I Always Wanted to Be Julia Sugarbaker
Amy Rio-Anderson	111	(2)
A Prayer for Renewal
Darlene A. Moore	113	(1)
The Sacred Journey
Sondra B. Willobee	114	(1)
Jesus, the Cloths of Your Life
Susan W.N. Ruach	115	(2)
Devotions on Light
Safiyah Fosua	117	(2)
Eucharist at My Breast
Gwen Purushotham	119	(2)
Holy Hands
Leanne Hadley	121	(2)
Come Sup with God
Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia	123	(1)
For All the Saints
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	124	(3)
LIVING IN GRATITUDE
Litany of the Heart
Rachel M. Lieder Simeon	127	(2)
Ordinary Day
Deborah J. Heisley-Cato	129	(1)
Prayer for Those Living in Gratitude
Jan Price	130	(1)
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Carolyn Stahl Bohler	131	(1)
Thanksgiving to the Heart of Kokomo
Karen Altergott	132	(2)
Mentioning the Moment
Holly C. Rudolf	134	(1)
Let the Witnesses Come
Anita Phillips	135	(2)
A Liturgy of Farewell and Godspeed
Para Lee Rodenhizer Drake	137	(3)
Blessings on Each One of Us, Lord
Cathy Warner	140	(1)
Sewing
Cathy Warner	141	(1)
Be Still, Remember
Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia	142