We want to add something beautiful to the world, and we need your help.
At Hutchmoot 2015, we held a special presentation called “The Liturgy of Lost Rhyme.” The event was a powerful experience for everyone involved, and afterward, the author of the liturgy, Douglas McKelvey, approached us with an idea that we’ve fallen in love with: it’s called Every Moment Holy.
Doug proposed that Rabbit Room Press publish a book of liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life—liturgies such as “For the Death of an Old Friend” or “For the Welcoming of a New Pet” or “For the Beginning of a Long Day of Thankless Work.” These are ways of reminding us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose even when, especially when, we are too busy or too caught up in our busyness to notice.
We envision a beautifully made hardcover book that will serve as a companion to families and individuals looking to anchor their lives by recalling the sacred in the mundane.
The book will feature numerous liturgies that cover topics from the entire breadth and depth of ordinary life. It will be ordered and indexed for easy reference so that you can find the right liturgy for the right occasion. And when the time comes, we want to call on all of you to help us come up with specific moments in our lives we need liturgies written for.
The author, Douglas McKelvey, is one of our favorite writers and is the author of multiple books including The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog, The Wishes of the Fish King, and Subjects With Objects.
If Every Moment Holy is the kind of book you would like to help us create, we welcome you to join us in this process. Click here to support the project and see some specific ways in which you can help. We believe that by creating such a resource, we’re adding something important, useful, and valuable to the world—and we need your help to make it a reality.