Book excerpt: Lectionary Worship Aids by Thom M. Shuman is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. Here are some of the topics covered in this lectionary book: - Worship - Worship resources - Worship services - Worship aids - Lectionary - Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary - Lectionary worship aids - Lectionary resources Preparing worship services for each Sunday can be very challenging -- especially capturing just the right balance between reverence for God and relevance to our everyday lives. In Cradled in God's Heart, the newest edition of CSS' Lectionary Worship Aids series, Thom Shuman provides a wide range of responsive and pastoral prayers that's sure to help busy pastors and worship planners strike the perfect chord in developing their own services. Shuman's poetic prayers are filled with vivid imagery that reminds us of God's all-encompassing love and forgiveness, and his penetrating sensibility helps link the holy with the mundane realities of modern existence. With a complete set of thematically unified worship material keyed to each week's lectionary texts, this is a resource that will be used again and again throughout the year to create truly inspiring worship experiences. Thom M. Shuman is the pastor of Greenhills Community Church, Presbyterian, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a graduate of Eckerd College and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. Shuman's poems and prayers appear in several journals, and his Advent devotional book The Jesse Tree was published in the fall of 2005 by the Iona Community in Scotland (www.ionabooks.com). He is a regular contributor to The Immediate Word on www.sermonsuite.com. Thom also ""blogs"" at: www.prayersfortoday.blogspot.com www.occasionalsightings.blogspot.com (observations/devotions) www.lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com (lectionary books, lectionary liturgies and lectionary worship resources) Lectionary Worship Aids is a lectionary book based on Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary.