No Extraordinary Power

Faced with something they believe must
be changed, ordinary people can find the
power to “reconstitute the world”, as the
poet Adrienne Rich has put it. And yet this
is apparently beyond our own resources.
Helen Steven asks:
Do we have access through prayer and
action to some kind of “extra-ordinary”
power beyond ourselves?
Where does that “still, small voice”
come from, tugging at the heartstrings,
annoyingly imperative and brooking no
refusal?
Drawing from her experience as a peace
activist, a Quaker and a member of the
Iona Community, Helen Steven sets out to
find how prayer can work to achieve the
unexpected within ourselves and in the world.