This Day

Dr. Laurence Stookey of Wesley Seminary has created t his resource to serve as a daily prayer book for the home and personal use. The book is also designed for use by individuals participating in a Wesleyan class meeting in conjunction with the Sunday morning experience or a week-day meeting. The unique aspect of this program lies in its incorporation of the practice of daily prayer and accountability within the Sunday morning adult education program . In addition to activities conducted on Sunday, class members will participate in ordered daily prayer within the Wesleyan spirit. This Day contain s thirty-one forms of prayer , one for each day of the month drawn from: John Wesley's 1738 Forms of Prayer for Every Day of the Week, The 1784 Order for M orning Prayer, The United Methodist Book of Worship, The Book of Common Prayer, The IONA and Taize Communities, the Benedictine tradition, the Eastern Orthodox tradition, and contemporary sources. This resource is not UM specific and is based on the revised common l ectionary and the daily lectionary of the Book of Common Prayer . Deluxe edition, is a great gift idea! Read the Circuit Rider review hereStookey, Laurence Hull is the author of 'This Day ', published 2004 under ISBN 9780687074969 and ISBN 0687074967.