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Devotionals by Nan Ellison

Prayers for the quiet kind of lonely.

Some marriages go quiet without anything going wrong. The dishes get done. Nobody leaves. And you pray at the sink, because it is the one place in the house where nobody needs anything from you for a few minutes. These books are for that kind of lonely, and for Sunday mornings beside an empty seat.

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He asks how your day was.You ask about his.If a stranger watched your Tuesday night from across the street, they would see nothing wrong.And still, you feel entirely alone.

They are prayers and plain words, and they will not ask you to pretend.

The books

Short on purpose.

Each one is small enough to keep on the nightstand and honest enough to say the thing you haven’t said out loud. Start with the one that sounds like your house.

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Saying Grace Alone
Seven short prayers for the minute before the meal
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“They’re short because the minute is short.”
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Saying Grace Alone

If you’re the only one at your table who prays, the start of an ordinary meal may be where it shows most. Out loud or silently. Before he picks up his fork, or after.

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Your place among God’s people is not half a place because your husband does not occupy the other half.
From When You Pray Alone
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About Nan

One true sentence over a tidy resolution.

Nan Ellison writes the quiet hours that do not look like a problem from the street. She’s more interested in sitting with a reader than fixing her from a distance.

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