PBInvites readers to use their own voices to enliven personal and collective worship.BPPWhat ideas hopes dreams and laments do the words of worship stir in our hearts and minds What images of God swirl up out of our communal prayers and hymns to shape what we believe and who we are as people of faith We know that words can heal and draw us together or words can hurt and divide. Christian communities proclaim and embody this wisdom each time we celebrate Gods Word made flesh in Jesus. PPWords for worship that arise from worshiping communities themselves that give voice to their particular laments and joys hold an oftoverlooked power. These communal words are both shaped by and spiral out to speak to global concerns.PPLeaders and worshipers in differing contexts write and speak in a wide variety of ways. As such this book is for pastoral leaders chaplains and other ministers who imagine craft and offer worship words for each Sundayand in the diversity of everyday moments. P