Marking Time: Christian Rituals For All Our Days

Features of Marking Time: Christian Rituals for All Our Days

Extraordinary life changes are frequently signaled by such ordinary experiences as the birth of a child a childs first day of school a teenagers acquisition of adult driving privileges a career change moving into a new home and retirement from ones life work Marking Time provides readers with simple rituals that invite mindful inthemoment reflection on the significant moments in life and helps to frame them within the perspective of Christian faith and valuesEncompassing a broad range of lifecycle experiences from birth to death Linda Witte Henke offers readers fully developed rituals suitable for reproduction and immediate use Each rite includes an introduction with directions for preparation and use of the ritual making the book useful even for those who have never participated in or led a ritual before Marking Time includes ceremonies to mark important life events such as pregnancy the first day of school children leaving home and marriage plus rites that mark the more difficult times such as the death of a pet times of unemployment suffering due to natural disasters the moving of a lovedone to an assistedcare residence and many others