A Book of Everyday Blessing

A Book of Everyday Blessings: 100 Prayers for Dancing Monks, Artists, and Pilgrims is a treasury of creative blessings and prayers that will help you bring reverence to every aspect of life, transforming even the mundane parts of your day into an encounter with holiness. As Paintner writes, “Blessings offer hope and encouragement, steep us in gratitude, and nurture our courage. They bring us present to the grace of each moment. They remind us of the love and beauty of the Holy One in our lives and assist us in taking nothing for granted. They act as maps to navigate our human experience, orienting us back to gratefulness and praise. They invite us to breathe more deeply, enlarge our vision, and give honor to our experiences. Blessings help us touch eternity here and now.”

 With her lyrical style and contemplative wisdom, Paintner gives voice to the longings, fears, gratitude, and wonder that live in every human heart. This collection includes

• blessings for quiet moments―for silence and solitude, the gift of rest, being present to each moment, peace and discernment;
• blessings for daily living―for a spark of joy on a bad day, grace in the ordinary, release into sleep, creative joy, calm in chaos, loving more deeply, when the calendar is full;
• blessings for health, healing, and wholeness―for health in times of illness, starting a new medication, healing a divided family, support in depression, rest in burnout;
• blessings for pilgrimage―for saying yes to the journey, stepping into the unknown, traveling lightly, coming home;