Embracing God's World

Joyce Huggett

Reviewed by The Methodist Recorder - 8 May 2008

A revised edition of an anthology of prayers new and old, first collated by Joyce Huggett in 1996, has been published by the Bible Reading Fellowship. Embracing God’s World - Prayers for the yearning heart contains more than 160 prayers, some by Joyce Huggett herself but also encompassing a spread of writing across the centuries, by people including St Anselm, Cardinal Newman, St Symeon, Henri Nouwen and Eric Milner-

White. Each of the six chapters begins with an introduction and include headings such as ‘When times are tough’, ‘Going when it hurts; and ‘Enjoying God’s world’.

Reviewed by Margaret Daniels