Here is a book of prayers written by my father some years ago. It was only ever published online as a PDF file, but I think it deserves a wider audience. It contains much wisdom acquired over a lifetime in the church.
Sadly, he is now in care home with quite advanced Alzheimer's disease.
I hope you find the book useful—please post here if you do.
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Title: Ordinary Prayers in Ordinary Places
Author: Pitts, Basil J
Copyright: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution–non-commercial 3.0 unported licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Type: Monograph
Language: English
Abbreviated title: OPOP
Subject heading: Prayer
Publisher and publication date: Dr Jonathan Pitts 2000
Over recent years there has been considerable change in prayers used privately and in services of worship. Overall there has perhaps been a move away from the formal to the informal and there are signs of it returning the other way. This is true both in the sense of church worship and private prayer. The truth is that prayers of all types have their place.
Books of prayers have become commonplace, and many excellent books are available. They vary in format, language and area covered. However, there are many facets which have not been covered.
The purpose of this book is to try to fill some of the gaps and also to augment the prayers already available.
One such area is repetitive situations. Into this category fall prayers in the vestry, prayers of thanks at communion and prayers in the pew before and after the service.
I know that some of these prayers have been a help to people of my acquaintance, and they have been kind enough to say so. If these prayers now finally reach you I hope that they will help you and assist in making prayers in public and in private places more than a repetition of words.
