The Air is Filled with Angels

“A shovel is a prayer
To the farmer’s foot
When he steps down
And the soft earth gives way.
A baby is a prayer
When it’s finally asleep
A whispered Amen
At the end of the day.”

— Carrie Newcomer, 2016
“A Shovel is a Prayer”

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Today’s Invitation

Listen to the full song “A Shovel is a Prayer” (above).

Consider the objects, activities and people in your daily life that are like prayers. How does thinking of them this way invite Spirit into the everyday? Try writing another verse of this song.

Query of the Week

What is the value of spirituality in your life?

How do you define spirituality? How has your spirituality changed over the course of your life? What is different when you are more or less connected to your spirituality?

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  • Maeve Sutherland

    Maeve Sutherland is a communications professional who never recovered from her wonderful childhood at a Quaker elementary school. She has spent her career helping nonprofits share their stories, from schools and universities, to museums, to radio stations. As a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Maeve spent a year living in “Peaceable Kingdoms,” pacifist intentional communities around the world, where she learned that everyone has a role to play in shaping a better world. She worked as a freelance social media manager before joining Thee Quaker Project. After returning to Quakerism as a young adult, Maeve now attends Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia.

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