Path of Celtic Prayer: An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy
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"Long ago," Calvin Miller writes, "when the Celts built their own rustic kingdom of God in what would later be the British Isles, their fervor in prayer washed their world in a vital revival." In uncertain and dangerous days of high infant-mortality rates, leprosy and plagues, the Celts breathed candid prayers out of the reality of their lives: Desperate prayers for protection. Praise for the God who was king over all creation. Honest prayers of confession. In these pages, Miller introduces us to six types of Celtic prayer that can connect us to God more deeply by helping us pray out of the circumstances and uncertainties of our own life."This book proposes a kind of prayer that can end our amputated feelings of separateness from God," says Miller. What was true for the Celts is still true for us: "Hunger for Christ keeps us talking to God till our separation is swallowed up in our unending togetherness with him." As rich as the faith they describe, these pages lead us on an ancient path that gives guidance for present and future prayers, until the day the Celts longed for, when all separation is gone and we live forever in the presence of God.
To the Reader 7Introduction 15Trinity Prayer: The Art of Loving All of God 33Scripture Prayer: Praying the Bible Back to Its Author 51Long, Wandering Prayer: Seeing Life as a Single, Unending Prayer 73Nature Prayer: Poetry and Praise in Ordinary Life 93Lorica Prayer: Asking God for Protection 117Confessional Prayer: Living in Agreement with God 135Afterword 159Notes 162
