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During the pandemic, priest and theologian David Taylor began writing collects (an ancient form of short prayer) as a daily spiritual exercise. It was a way for him to offer back to God his own fears and anxieties. As time went on, he began to receive requests for written prayers from friends and even strangers for a wide variety of circumstances and needs. His collection of prayers grew until it numbered in the hundreds.
Prayers for the Pilgrimage is a compilation of Taylor's prayers, arranged by topic and accompanied by a series of paintings by his wife, Phaedra. Here are prayers for morning and evening, work and play, public life and private life, doubt and faith—from Advent to Lent, from birth to death.
The Light HAs Come: Illustrated Prayer CArds for ADvent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
"The Light Has Come" prayers cards are designed to facilitate a richly meaningful experience of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, in order to make the truths of Christ's coming tangible and transformative in your life.
Each of the 25, 4x6 cards includes an original watercolor illustration by Phaedra Taylor on one side, and on the other: a bible verse, a short prayer, and a unique activity created by David Taylor.
This collection of cards includes familiar themes, such as Faith and Hope, Joy and Peace, Shepherds and Angels, but also less familiar ones, like Feasting and Sorrow, Fear and Doubt, the Fantastical and the Mundane. There are also cards for Saint Nicholas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and Epiphany.
Design by Shaun Fox.
Available through The Rabbit Room Store.
Open and Unafraid: Psalms Prayer Cards
These Psalms Prayer Cards are designed to provide help to individuals, families, small groups and communities who wish to pray in light of the Book of Psalms.
Each 4x6 card includes an image on one side, corresponding to a specific chapter in the book, Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life (Thomas Nelson: 2020), and text on the other: a passage from the psalms, three questions for reflection, and a prayer.
Each original watercolor illustration corresponds to a specific theme in the psalms and the text on the back offers an opportunity to reflect on one's life in the light of the good news that we discover in the psalms.
Each pack includes 15 cards (4x6) with artwork by Phaedra Taylor, text by David Taylor, design by Shaun Fox.
Available through The Rabbit Room Store.
Pray Daily for Families
How do we teach our children to pray? Prayer books are often not designed with children in mind. Pray Daily for Families is a new kind of prayer book, an illustrated morning and evening experience that makes prayer simple for children and engages their imagination while they pray.
Prayers taken from The Book of Common Prayer, Illustration by Phaedra Taylor, Calligraphy by Autumn Swindoll.
Prayers for Life: Collect Prayer Cards
This collection of illuminated prayer cards is intended to help us to pray through all of life’s circumstances: our mornings and our evenings, our work and our worship, our families and our communities, our hopes for justice and healing, our experiences of joy and sorrow.
All 15 prayers in this collection, written by David Taylor, follow the pattern of a Collect Prayer. An ancient form of prayer, dating back to the 5th century of the church, a Collect Prayer hews to a basic biblical pattern of prayer that “collects” the heart’s desires in an offering of prayer to God. It is a form of prayer that frees us to offer all the parts of our lives to God in faithful devotion.
Each prayer card includes an original watercolor painting by Phaedra Taylor that embellishes the front.
Examples of prayers included:
A PRAYER FOR CHILDREN DOING SCHOOL
A PRAYER FOR PARENTS IN HARD TIMES
A PRAYER FOR THE LONELY
A PRAYER FOR FRUSTRATED RELATIONSHIPS
A PRAYER FOR A FRESH START TO THE DAY
And more!
Design by Shaun Fox.
Available through The Rabbit Room Store.