Guide my feet : prayers and meditations on loving and working for children / Marian Wright Edelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edelman, Marian Wright, author.

Contributor:

Beacon Press, publisher.

Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services, printer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prayers.

Meditations.

Parents--Prayers and devotions.

Parents.

Children--Religious life.

Children.

Genre:

Prayers and devotions.

Prayers.

Meditations.

Devotional literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxix, 210 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

Oakland, California : Wilsted & Taylor.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, ©1995.

Summary:

Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, is one of the most important moral leaders in America. Her first book, The Measure of Our Success was a #1 New York Times bestseller--spending 16 weeks on the list, selling more than 450,000 copies and garnering spectacular praise from Hillary Clinton, Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey. Guide My Feet continues her crusade for the well-being of America's children by providing a counterweight to the lesson society is teaching this generation of children--to be soulless takers instead of empowered givers. Guide My Feet is a collection of prayers and meditations gathered from Edelman's own holiday rituals and experiences and the writings of such inspiring leaders as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, and Frederick Douglass. It urges readers to commit to and pray for strength and patience, and offers solace and direction for parents troubled by the commercialism and violence running rampant in today's society. Filled with wisdom, compassion and understanding, it provides an important spiritual and moral resource all caregivers can turn to as they strive to instill values, integrity, self-discipline and faith in children.

Contents:

Prayers for the gift and raising of children

Family life, parent and grandparent prayers

Prayers for the older child

Family holidays and rituals

Prayers for the black child

A child's silent plea

A parent's pledge

Faith

Commitment

Struggle and strength

Guidance

Patience

Forgiveness

Renewal

Thanks

On justice for all children

Prayers for all our children

Prayers for people who serve and work for children

Interrelatedness and community

Community prayers for children

Thanksgiving prayer for Alex Haley's farm

Prayers for children's days and children's Sabbaths

A parent, community, and national audit.

Notes:

Includes index.

"©1995 by Marian Wright Edelman"--verso of title page.

"Text design by Anne Chalmers. Composition by Wilsted & Taylor"--verso of title page.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.

Other Format:

Online version: Edelman, Marian Wright. Guide my feet.

ISBN:

0807023086

9780807023082

OCLC:

32314089

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