Every Moment Holy, Volume III: The Work of the People brings over 100 new liturgies for daily life, drawing on a range of writers, artists, poets, songwriters, pastors, and illustrators (with Douglas Kaine McKelvey both writing and editing).

With prayers by Malcolm Guite, Ellie Holcomb, Philip Yancey, Ruth Chou Simons, Sho Baraka, Andrew Peterson, and more, this collection represents a community of believers engaged in the work of reminding all of us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hopes even in the midst of the everyday moments that make up our lives.

Liturgies Include:

A Daily Liturgy for the Pilgrim

A Liturgy After a Fight Among Siblings

A Liturgy Before a Board Game

A Liturgy Before a Job Interview

A Liturgy Before Contemplating Poetry

A Liturgy Before Exercise

A Liturgy Before Fishing

A Liturgy Before Giving an Apology

A Liturgy Before Giving an Apology

A Liturgy for One Who Cares for an Infirm Parent

A Liturgy Before Hosting

A Liturgy Before Looking at a Work of Art

A Liturgy Before Piano Practice

A Liturgy Before Teaching

A Liturgy Before Writing a Poem

A Liturgy Begging the Grace to Love One Man or Woman Well

A Liturgy for a Lonely Holiday

A Liturgy for a Single Person Going to Church

A Liturgy for a Sponsored Child

A Liturgy for a Walk in my Neighborhood

A Liturgy for a Walk in the Woods

A Liturgy for Air Travelers

A Liturgy for Artists & Makers

A Liturgy for Beginning An Artistic Work

A Liturgy for Beginning The Study of God

A Liturgy for Contemplating the Empty Bedroom of a Child who has Left Home

A Liturgy for Dropping off Children at School

A Liturgy for Getting Dressed

A Liturgy for Giving Your Kids Bad News

A Liturgy for Learning a New Language

A Liturgy for Leaving a Loved Home

A Liturgy for Mechanical Repairs

A Liturgy for One in Need of Courage Just to Get Out of Bed

A Liturgy for One Living Behind Bars

A Liturgy for One Overwhelmed By Debt

A Liturgy for One Overwhelmed by Turbulent Emotion

A Liturgy for One Suffering Anxiety

A Liturgy for One Who Parents a Child with Special Needs

A Liturgy for One who Suffers a Degenerative Condition

A Liturgy for One Who Works the Nightshift

A Liturgy for One Whose Friends Have Moved On to a New Stage of Life

A Liturgy For Penning a Letter

A Liturgy for Planting a Tree

A Liturgy for Preparing to Meet People from Other Cultures

A Liturgy for Remembering Places & Times to Which We Cannot Return

A Liturgy for Sunrise

A Liturgy for Taking a Meal to Others

A Liturgy for Those Anxious About Air Travel

A Liturgy for the Baking of Bread

A Liturgy for the Loss of a Tree

A Liturgy for the Resurrection of Faith

A Liturgy for the Wrapping of Christmas Gifts

A Liturgy for Those Distressed by Intrusive Thoughts

A Liturgy for Those Employed in Manual Labor

A Liturgy for Those Mourning the Loss of a Church

A Liturgy for Those Wearied by Winter

A Liturgy for Those Who Are Envious of Another's Answered Prayer

A Liturgy for Those Who Build Boats

A Liturgy for Those Who Desire to Find Community in their Calling

A Liturgy for Those Who Feel Distant from God

A Liturgy for Those Who Find It Hard To Speak

A Liturgy for Those Who Push Back Against Chaos

A Liturgy For Town-Planning

A Liturgy for Unseen Labors

A Liturgy for When Breastfeeding Isn't Going As Planned

A Liturgy for Wisdom and Learning

A Liturgy for Yard Work

A Liturgy for Yard Work II

A Liturgy of (Re)Dedication to the Way of the Amateur

A Liturgy of Corporate Intercession for Those in Ministry

A Liturgy of Intercession for an Artist at Work

A Liturgy of Intercession for One in Ministry

A Liturgy to Begin the Day’s Creative Labors

A Liturgy Upon Receiving Rejection for a Creative Work

A Liturgy for Welcoming a Child in Foster Care

A Liturgy When a Child in Foster Care Leaves Your Home

A Liturgy when Preparing for a Job Interview

A Liturgy When Someone You Love Believes Differently From You

A Prayer After a Child's Meltdown

A Prayer Before Sailing

A Prayer Before Writing

A Prayer for Birdwatching

A Prayer for Nursing Mothers

A Prayer for One Who has Lost Faith in a Hero

A Prayer for the Perfectionist

__Momentary Liturgies include:__After Speaking in Haste

Before an Exam

Before Answering an Unwanted Call (momentary)

Before Answering an Unwanted Call II (momentary)

For an Infant’s Medical Procedure

For Daily Stewardship of Gifts

For Election Day

For Giving Feedback

For Long Hours Caring for an Infant

For One Suffering Long Emotional Pain

For Receiving Feedback

For Solo Gamers

For the Righteous Use of Communication Technologies

For Wasted Moments

For When a Parent is Exhausted

For When the Baby Isn’t Sleeping

Upon Feeling Rejected

Upon Lighting a Candle

Upon Nighttime Infant Feedings

Upon Observing a Toddler’s Early Steps

Upon Pausing Social Media

Upon Receiving Kindness from a Friend

Upon the Breaking of Something Precious

When Tempted to Procrastinate

When Washing Dishes

While Tuning an Instrument

__List of Authors:__A.S. Peterson

Alicia J. Akins

Allen Levi

Alli Rogers Dahlgren

Allie Osborn

Amanda Duvall

Amy Baik Lee

Anastina Wiles

Andrew Peterson

Andrew Roycroft

Andy Patton

Anna Friedrich

Aubrynn Whitted

Ben Palpant

Catherine Claire Larson

Chris Slaten

Dawn Morrow

Dorothy Sayers

Douglas Kaine McKelvey

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt

Ellie Holcomb

Emily Bellinger

Fernando Ortega

Hannah Hodgson

Hannah Hubin

Heidi Johnston

Janel Davis

Jennifer Trafton

Jess Ray Langdon

Jessica Hooten Wilson

Jessica Smith Culver

Johnston Moore

Jon Lowry

Joshua Luke Smith

Katie S. Williams

Katy Rose

Lanier Ivester

Leslie Bustard

Leslie Eiler Thompson

Lisa Eldred

Liz Snell

Luci Shaw

Malcolm Guite

Mark Meynell

Matthew Clark

Ned Bustard

Ruth Chou Simons

Sandra McCracken

Sara Bannerman

Sarah Crowley Chestnut

Sarah Wilson

Shera Moyer

Sho Baraka

Théa Rosenburg

Tiffany Holden

W. David O. Taylor

Wayne Garvey

__List of Illustrators:__Craig Hawkins

Emily J Person

Erling Rantrud

Justine Maendel

Ned Bustard

Matthew Clark

Stephen Crotts