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    Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life
    Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life
    Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life
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    Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life

    By Meta Herrick Carlson

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    The ordinary moments of life can be sacred, if we simply take a moment to notice. This collection of prayers, poems, and meditations offers a brief respite from the hectic, harried pace of our days. Open it when the spirit moves you or when the spirit feels distant--the words will be here to inspire, calm, and encourage you either way.

    From gifted poet and empathetic pastor Meta Herrick Carlson, Ordinary Blessings collects blessings for loving yourself, enduring hard things, authenticity, living with others, and the rhythms of each day. Pause, take a deep breath, and open these pages to find that you've been standing on holy ground all along.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFortress Press
    Release dateFeb 11, 2020
    ISBN9781506450629

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