{"id":4728,"date":"2018-04-07T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T07:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2018-04-07T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T07:44:59","slug":"in-the-school-of-prayer-with-angela-ashwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/04\/07\/in-the-school-of-prayer-with-angela-ashwin\/","title":{"rendered":"In the school of prayer with Angela Ashwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Books
\n3 books by Angela Ashwin from my library<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Angela Ashwin teaches us how to write beautiful, evocative prayers that connect with our everyday experience. But she is also an advocate for using “borrowed words” to enrich our (prayer) lives.<\/p>\n

Companion<\/h3>\n

I first came across Angela Ashwin through her book, A little Book of Healing Prayer<\/a>: my companion during the 5 days I spent at my mother’s deathbed. How comforting to have Angela Ashwin and others lend me their words while in the “valley of the shadow of death”. <\/p>\n

One of the prayers seemed particularly apt – my mother was ever the seemstress – and I included it on the funeral service sheet:<\/p>\n

O living God,
\ndraw all the fragments of my life
\ninto the bright mosaic of your love;
\nweave all the tangled threads of my desires
\ninto the tapestry you are spreading,
\nlike a rainbow,
\non the loom of the world;
\nand help me celebrate
\nthe many facets
\nand the dazzling colours
\nof your peace.<\/p>\n

written by Julie M. Hulme<\/strong>
\nfrom A little Book of Healing Prayer<\/a> by Angela Ashwin, #64<\/p>\n

Ministry of “borrowed words”<\/h3>\n

A few years later, while on a trip to Edinburgh, I came across The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em>, compiled by Angela Ashwin. I immediately bought two copies, one for myself and one for a friend. Prayers from this volume regularly make it onto the blog. (Maybe you’ve noticed and been inspired to buy a copy of your own.)<\/p>\n

Here is an excerpt from the introduction to The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> (p.11) that explains the value and ministry of “borrowed words”:<\/p>\n

We do not always need another person’s words when we pray. But there can be times when a prayer by someone else expresses our concerns and desires better than we could do ourselves and becomes a source of inspiration and strength. Or we may ‘grow into’ a prayer which has tremendously high ideals, such as the one by John Wesley: ‘Lord God, I am no longer my own but yours.’ Even though we have not ourselves arrived at such dizzy heights of self-giving, the very act of using a prayer like this helps us to come closer to its aspirations.<\/p>\n

There can also be a sense of freedom in using a set prayer, because the words are given, and we simply let go into their flow and meaning. This is especially helpful in times of stress or doubt. The familiar words of a well-known prayer, or the challenges of a modern one, bring us back to our roots in God and remind us that we belong to the great body of Christ’s people. A written prayer links us not only with its author but also with all the other peoeple who have used it, so that, in a sense, we are never alone when we pray.<\/p>\n

We usually think of prayer as an offering we make to God – and so it is. But it is much more. Prayer is God’s gift to us, a banquet of good things to feed our inner life as we respond to the invitation to his feast of peace, forgiveness, challenge and love.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

 
\nTo close, a prayer by Angela Ashwin that works as a mini-retreat<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

God of delight, Source of all joy,
\nthank you for making me part of the web of life,
\ndepending on the rhythms and fruits of the earth for my existence.
\nHelp me to be wholly present to you,
\nnow, in this place,
\nwhere my feet are on the ground,
\nand where I am surrounded by creation’s gifts,
\nfrom concrete to clouds,
\nif I have the wit to notice them!<\/p>\n

from The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #210<\/p>\n\n

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\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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