Winged Words
Winged Words: Prayers for Common Worship and Common Life was inspired by the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Chapel of the Holy Grail. The book collects one hundred fifteen prayers from sixty-two contributors, who range from some of the first Disciples Divinity House Scholars to recent graduates, current trustees, and all seven deans. Some of the prayers were given in the Chapel of the Holy Grail; almost all of them can be understood to have been shaped by the chapel.
The collection was edited by G. Philip Points, Thomas V. Stockdale, and Sandhya R. Jha, with an introduction by Dean Kristine A. Culp. Its title comes from a prayer by Dean Edward Scribner Ames.
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An excerpt from the Introduction, Kristine A. Culp
A selection of prayers:
Winged words, Edward Scribner Ames
In face of good and evil, W. Barnett Blakemore
Grant us not peace, O God, Benjamin F. Burns
Hymn of faith, W. E. Garrison
Praise for the mercy of God, Yvonne Gilmore-Essig
A better way with words, Eugene May
Thanksgiving and responsibility, John McCaw
For this table and this time, G. Philip Points
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To order a copy of Winged Words, send a check for $20 plus $5 for shipping and handling to: The Disciples Divinity House, 1156 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Make the check payable to "Disciples Divinity House."
