Author Robyn Wrigley-Carr joins Nathan on this week’s episode to discuss Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book.
Show Notes
- Who was Evelyn Underhill?
- Tell me a little bit about her prayer book prior to your visit to the retreat house.
- I’m hearing joy. Was it a joyful process for you?
- She does something bold, taking a prayer from some great Saint and adding her own lines, making her own contribution to it. I found that really special to get to have both people’s prayers together.
- Could you speculate what Evelyn might want people to do with this book?
- One of the things I found exciting is that, a number of the people’s prayers that she quotes I knew the names, but there were a bunch of them I don’t. And you give a little description of them at the end, and I thought, “New friends to explore!”
- Do you keep a prayer book?
- I’ve been collecting prayers for years, my own and others. And I love the idea of curating your own collection, that they all mean something to you.
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