Earlybird and Nightfulness by Dan Pierce is a captivating collection of poetry and prayers designed to frame the beginning and end of your day with reflection and serenity.
Dan's rich experiences as an Anglican priest and his deep faith resonate through every page of this book, making it a treasured companion for anyone seeking spiritual enrichment and daily grounding.
“If you experience faith more as poetry than prose then this delightful collection will appeal to you. A patchwork of prayers and poems for the ups and downs of life, the ebb and flow of faith, the longings and desires of the heart.“ -Guli Francis-Dehqani Bishop of Chelmsford
Contents
EndorsementsPreface
A Nightfulness Poem: FormationTale of Nature BlessingsI am the DayEarlybird: In StepAn Earlybird Thought: Pray Without CeasingEarlybird Poem: Breakfast BlessedEarlybird Prayer: After BreakfastAn Earlybird ThoughtA Nightfulness Poem: Move SlowAn Earlybird Poem: TidalThy Stronger GraceDog WalkingA Nightfulness Poem: The Even There God HereAn Earlybird Prayer Setlist #1A Nightfulness Thought: Love LovesA HealingA Nightfulness Poem: DustedCharityGraceA Nightfulness Poem: Nocturnal PrayerJournal #1A Nightfulness Poem: DesireA Nightfulness Thought: Pass it on.A Church Near UsAn Earlybird Thought: Church on CanvasAn Earlybird Poem: MeadowFear of dyingMy Kind of EndingAn Earlybird Poem: NewbornPrayer on MotherhoodConscience Ltd.Nightfulness Thoughts
Today Together TomorrowAn Earlybird Poem: At Weeks EndAn Earlybird Poem: Tree of Life #1A Nightfulness Poem: Night WorryAn Earlybird Poem: Window Prayers #1Prayer Doesn't WorkEarlybirds Nightfulness Poem: WakingA Nightfulness Poem: NearerAn Earlybird Poem: Birdsong BlessedA Nightfulness Poem: Cardiography #1An Earlybird Prayer Setlist #2A Nightfulness Thought: Sin binSpeaking to MyselfA Nightfulness Poem: The UpsideA Nightfulness Prayer: PleaA Nightfulness Poem: QuietA Nightfulness Poem: Take, Lift, OpenInto the Sea The Gospel of InAlphabet for a Culture of KindnessA Nightfulness Prayer: My EyesA Nightfulness Poem: Prayer Eats #1An Earlybird Thought: Our Voice With Your Voice RisingAn Earlybird Poem: Tree of Life #2Nightfulness ThoughtsA Nightfulness Poem: Cardiography #2A Psalm of HealingAn Earlybird Thought: Walk Another WayA Nightfulness Poem: To the Star MakerAn Earlybird Thought: The Next PersonAn Earlybird Poem: For Glorious DayAn Earlybird Poem: The ClimberA Nightfulness Hymn: Carry Them in From the DarkA Nightfulness Poem: Sleep ScienceNightfulness ThoughtsAn Earlybird & Nightfulness Thought: Who I amOff My Feet #1An Earlybird Prayer: TomorrowAn Earlybird Hymn: Sun in Still WaterOff My Feet #2
A Wasteland PrayerEarlybird & Nightfulness Prayer for Church FlourishingNightfulness ThoughtsAn Earlybird Poem: RegenerateAn Earlybird Thought: Who we areAn Earlybird Thought: The Vow of the Good SamaritanAn Earlybird Prayer for StudentsAn Earlybird Prayer: LongingA Nightfulness Poem: Jesu my BrotherAn Earlybird Thought: What Kind of Man is This?A Nightfulness Thought: PreacherA Nightfulness Prayer: Coming to FaithA Nightfulness Hymn: BacktrackA Nightfulness Poem: Midnight MassA Nightfulness Thought: Kingdom of GodBad Bookseller ReviewA Nightfulness Poem: City SeeingAn Earlybird Psalm Inspired by Psalm 98:7-9An Earlybird Poem: Memory VerseAn Earlybird BlessingEarlybird & Nightfulness Together PrayerAn Earlybird Prayer: Public PrayerAn Earlybird Together Prayer: HereNightfulness Together. Petition and IntercessionThe Prayer to Cling and FleeA Nightfulness Together Prayer: ConfessionEarlybirds Prayer. Our Voice With Your Voice RisingEarlybirds Prayer: God Who BeckonsEarlybirds Prayer: God Who is LoveA Nightfulness Prayer. Our EyesA Nightfulness Prayer: Here Again
Specification
Book format - Softback
Published - July 2024
Weight - 80g
Page Count - 200
Dimensions - 198 x 129 x 12mm
ISBN - 9781838582036
ISBN 10 - 1838582037
A creative, accessible, and fun way to engage with prayer
If you are looking for a creative, accessible and fun way to help people to engage with prayer in a church or community setting, Prayer Gallery is for you. The visual, thoughtful and interactive prayer stations, grouped under twelve topical themes, are easy to set up without too much time or expense, and are suitable for all ages.
The Prayer Gallery stations can be used in a church building, outdoors, at a café, in a school or other community venue, and offer a flexible way for people from different backgrounds to spend time reflecting and praying in a welcoming environment, with plenty of space for thinking, looking, wondering and creating together.By Eleanor King & Dan Pierce
Contents
Introduction
Time
Light
Rebuilding, Restoring and Repairing
Endings and Beginnings
Habits/Rhythms
Water
Unity
Playfulness
Reflections
Justice/Equality
Listening and Noticing
Climate and Environment
Specifications
Book Format - Paperback
Published - January 2023
Page Count - 76
Dimensions - 129 x 199 x 6mm
ISBN - 978-1838581558
ISBN 10 - 1838581553
A passage to Easter written out of season.In the height of summer, Anglican priest Dan Pierce was challenged to undertake the spiritual disciplines of Lent. The result is this profound collection of poetry, prose, and song lyrics that frames the journey to Easter within the four seasons. A remarkably honest reflection on temptation, addiction, and renewal, A Summer Lent offers fresh, poetic guidance for re-sourcing your spiritual life, no matter the calendar.
‘I was blessed by reading Dan’s beautiful words, and I think you will be too.’ -The Rt Rev’d Dr Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham
‘This collection will, indeed, re-Source you, whichever season you find yourself in.’- Brian Draper - Author, Speaker, retreat guide and contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day
Specification
Cover: Paperback
Page count: 152
Size: 128 x 198 x 10mm
ISBN 9781838582524
