Margaret D. McGee

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In the Courtyard

In the Courtyard

"New liturgy, engagement with scripture, and careful attention to everyday life" at www.IntheCourtyard.com.

Here you'll find prayers, meditations, and other writings that spring from my relationship with the Episcopal church, organized by the seasons of the church (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost).

Some of the pieces, such as litanies for holy days and special services, are composed out of love for these ancient and beautiful forms of liturgy.

Other material comes from a more contrary frame of mind, expressing ideas and feelings the way I wish they could be said in church, rather than the way they’re sometimes heard.


Selected Work

Books
Sacred Attention: A Spiritual Practice For Finding God in the Moment
-- Now available from SkyLight Paths

Sky Light Paths featured book

“Beautiful, passionate and very personal… reminds us again of why we need to be aware of the present moment: that’s where God is.”
-— John Lionberger, author, Renewal in the Wilderness: A Spiritual Guide to Connecting with God in the Natural World

Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal’s Return

“An offbeat, engagingly written, appealingly uncertain spiritual memoir.”
-- Publisher’s Weekly

Periodical Articles
"The strengths and charms of real 'church ladies'"
May '07 Episcopal Life

"When Fear Sets In"
March 11, 2007 issue of The Living Church.

"Hearty Fish Soup"
Mar-Apr '07 Humility issue of Alive Now, published by The Upper Room.

"Real Hands, Real Water"
Jan-Feb ’07 Technology issue of Alive Now, published by The Upper Room.

"My Father Was Zorro"
Mercer Island Reporter, 14 June '06 Reprinted in Northwind Anthology 2007

Plays
Baptizer
“Herod stood in awe of John because he knew that he was an upright and holy man..."

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