5 Senses to Prayer
Book One - A Collection of Experiential Prayers
Engage the senses in a prayerful approach to every day life using ordinary objects and activities.
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Prayer in our various worship traditions is often words-based, whether spoken, read or heard. 5 Senses to Prayer provides alternative entry points to a prayerful approach to everyday life, using objects and activities readily available or able to be found or purchased easily.
Engaging the senses, the book offers prayers based on Sight, Taste, Touch, Smell and Hearing. The prayers are grouped according to sense and then type of prayer: Praise & Adoration, Thanksgiving, Confession, Intercession, Petition/Supplication and Responding. Additional practical and creative information is provided alongside each prayer, designed to enrich the possibilities and ways the prayer can be used in a variety of settings.
About the author
Caroline Bindon has a passion for all-age worship, story telling & creativity. She started and led the Avenues Church for almost twenty years. Caroline and Andrew developed an interactive style of worship they dub 'Discovery Worship'. Her enthusiasm for communicating the Christian faith to all-ages carries through into her ministry resources and her devotional writing. She has a love of metaphor and an ability to take ordinary objects and ideas as a starting point to discover spiritual learnings. Caroline enjoys opportunities to interact with, share with, and learn from others on the Christian journey. She has used Experiential Prayer in a variety of different settings, developing prayers for all ages to appreciate.
Recommendation
In ‘5 Senses to Prayer’ Caroline Bindon provides readers with a wealth of prayer resources that are at once creative, inspirational and absolutely practical! They are equally at home in individual prayer, small groups and congregational worship and are a truly valuable resource for all Christians and any preacher/pastor seeking to guide her congregation to a prayer life that is both deeper and wider, and alive in every moment. I know both I, and my congregation, will grow through Caroline’s creative insights for many years to come…’ Sue Brown.
