Title: Praying the Scriptures
Description: The Prayers of the People is the place where liturgy is most likely to lose energy. Of course, that should not be the case; it is a great privilege to offer our prayers to God as a congregation. But the Book of Common Prayer provides a limited number of forms and, although it also provides guidelines for composition of original prayers, many parishes have prayed just a couple of the forms over and over again for 35 years.
Subjects: Litanies, Texts, Liturgy, Intercessory prayer, Episcopal Church