Rites of Passage

From the best-selling prayer book series Every Moment Holy, author Douglas Kaine McKelvey maps out the day-to-day trials, joys, hopes, and griefs of early adulthood and provides 150 liturgies for sustenance and guidance along the passage into the wide world of maturity.

Every Moment Holy: Rites of Passage is a perfect companion for graduates of high school or college, or anyone navigating the storms of early adulthood. The collection includes more than a dozen all new illustrations by acclaimed artist Ned Bustard and prayers for moments such as:

• For Beginning a New Job

• Before a Major Life Decision

• For Missing Home

• When Your Vehicle Breaks Down

• For Late Night Takeout

• Before a Season Abroad

• For Finding Delight in Discovery

• For Hanging Out with Friends

• For Lonely Hours

• For Financial Worries

• When You Feel Stuck in Your Hometown

• For Conflict with a Roommate

• After a Hard Breakup

. . . and dozens more.

Liturgies of Commencement
For a Graduation
For Commissioning a Graduating Class
For Blessing One Who Is Moving Away

Liturgies of Becoming
For Embracing Adulthood I
Before a Major Life Decision
For Those Who Feel They Have No Direction
For Direction in the Days Ahead
For Embracing Life’s Early Struggles
To Mark the Start of a NewSeason of Opportunity
For Embracing Adulthood II
For Blessing a Dorm Room or Apartment

Liturgies of SCHOOLand VOCATION
For the First Day of a New Academic Term
For Students & Scholars
Before a Class
For When Class Is Cancelled
When Exploring a New Subject
For Finding Delight in Discovery
For Those Tempted to Cheat or Plagiarize
For Cramming
For Late-Night Studies
For Wisdom When Studying Late
Before an Exam
After Getting a Bad Grade
Before Engaging in an Ideological Disagreement
For the Close of an Academic Term
For Beginning a Challenging Task or Assignment
For Navigating a Group Project
For Giving & Receiving Feedback
For One Tempted to Compromise
For Navigating a Difference in Belief with an Authority Figure
Before a Presentation or Performance
For Beginning a New Job
For the Start of a Work Day
For Dealing With a Difficult Manager or Boss
For When You Feel Stuck in Your Job
For the Loss of a Job

Liturgies of TRAVEL
Before Traveling
Before a Road Trip
Before a Long Drive
For Returning from a Restful Break
For Returning from a Stressful Break
Before a Season Abroad
Before a Short-Term Mission Trip
For a Vehicle Breakdown
For Traveling Through Life

Liturgies of the everyday
Before Exercising
For the Ritual of Morning Coffee
Before Practice
For Those Who Compete
For Grocery Shopping
For When You Have to Cook for Yourself
For a Meal Eaten Alone
For Saying No to Good Things
Before Playing a Board Game
For Solo Gamers
Before Consuming Media
Before Scrolling
Before Doomscrolling
For Those Who Covet the Latest Technology
For Budgeting
For Doing Taxes
For Times of Financial Worry
For a Disciple at Close of Day

Liturgies of Identity
For Resisting the Temptation to Judge 
Yourself by Impossible Standards
For Those in the Prime of Life
For Finding My Identity in Christ
For Beginning to Own What You Believe
For Wondering Whether to Speak Up
For Embracing Truth & Love
For One Uncomfortable in Their Own Skin
When Experiencing an Acne Outbreak
For One Who Feels Shame Over a Bad Choice
For a Significant Birthday
For Turning Twenty-One
For Surrendering My Will

Liturgies of belonging
For Feasting with Friends
To Open a Gathering
For Hanging Out with Friends
For Late-Night Takeout with Friends
Before Going Out
Before Going to a Party
For Those Who Feel Awkward in Social Gatherings
When Experiencing the Fear of Missing Out
For When You Can’t Afford Something Your Friends are Doing
For One Who Feels Left Out
For Times of Conflict with a Roommate
For Seeking to Find Your Place in Community
For When a Friend Ghosts You
For One Without Close Friends
When One You Care About Makes a Destructive Choice
When a Friend Has Left the Faith
For Being a Faithful Friend

Liturgies for DATING
For One Who Knows Loneliness in Singleness
Upon Seeing a Beautiful Person
For Dating
Before a First Date
Before a Third Date
For One Struggling with Sexual Temptation
When You Have Unrequited Feelings for Another
When Someone Expresses Feelings for You that You Don’t Share
When You’ve Been Cheated On
When Someone Breaks Up with You
After a Hard Breakup
When You See Your Former Boyfriend or Girlfriend
For a Single Person Longing for Intimacy
For Contentment Whatever My Relationship Status

Liturgies of Struggle

A Petition for My Generation
For Those Who Feel Insecure at the Start of Something New
For One Suffering Anxiety
When Encountering Unexpected Pain or Disappointment
Petition in the Midst of Trial or Hardship
Upon Encountering a Seeming Setback
For Lonely Hours
For Any Sort of Heartache
For One Tempted to Self-Harm
For One Suffering Long Emotional Pain
For One in Need of Courage Just to Get Out of Bed
For Help in the Midst of Trouble
For One Battling a Destructive Desire
For Learning to Live in Real Life
To Break the Cycle of Guilt & Shame

Liturgies of Home
Before Moving Away from Home
Before Moving Away from a Hurtful Home
When Your Relationship to Your Parents Is Changing
When You and Your Parents Are Struggling to Communicate For Missing Home
For Holidays Away from Home
When You’re Sick Away from Home
For Spending Time with Your Parents
Before Spending Time with Parents Who Were Not Nurturing
For Moving Back in with Your Parents
When You Feel Stuck in Your Hometown
For Cultivating Gratitude

Liturgies of FAITH
For the Heart Pursued by God
Meditations for Those Who Are Beginning to Believe
For Offering Oneself to God
For Showing Christ
When You Suffer Rejection for Your Faith
When Following Christ Is Costly
For Beginning with the End in Mind
To Testify in Life & Death
Before Reading God’s Word
To Open a Bible Study
For the Sifting of Secondhand Ideas
For Releasing Our Own Agendas
For Disappointment with God
For Nights & Days of Doubt
For Remembering God Is Your Father
For the Holy Ordering of the Affections
For Courage to Live What I Believe
Begging the Grace to Run Hard and Finish Well
A Daily, Lifelong Prayer: Domine Servis

A Morning Prayer
Monday: For Desiring the Light of Christ
Tuesday: For Greater Obedience to God
Wednesday: For Focusing the Heart
Thursday: Sanctification
Friday: To Love and Serve Our Lord
Saturday: To Live Life as an Act of Worship
Sunday: For Daily Dying to Self
An Evening Prayer

Benediction
Praise to Christ Who Leads Me 207

MORE ABOUT
EVERY MOMENT HOLY

The EVERY MOMENT HOLY series of books by Douglas McKelvey and published by Rabbit Room Press brings new prayers and liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life. These prayers 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. The prayers are accented with linocut illustrations by Ned Bustard.

Collectively, Every Moment Holy has sold over 300,000 books across two volumes and five editions.

Volume I: New Liturgies for Daily Life was released in 2017 and contains prayers such as "A Liturgy for Feasting with Friends" or "A Liturgy for Laundering" or "A Liturgy for the First Hearthfire of the Season." Volume I can be found in hardcover, pocket flexi-cover, and padded hardcover editions.

Volume II: Death, Grief, and Hope, released in 2021, brought prayers for seasons of dying and grieving—liturgies such as "A Liturgy for the Scattering of Ashes" or "A Liturgy for the Loss of a Spouse" or "A Liturgy for the Wake of a National Tragedy." Volume II has been printed in hardcover and pocket flexi-cover editions.

In 2021, the Every Moment Holy App was released and is available for IOS and Android. The app features free liturgies for sharing, along with a subscription to access the entire collection of liturgies from the series.

Every Moment Holy has been featured on Christianity Today, Annie F. Downs’ That Sounds Fun podcast, Alistair Begg’s Truth for Life, the Risen Motherhood podcast, Biologos, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rhythms for Life Podcast, The Crystal Paine Show, and more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
DOUGLAS KAINE MCKELVEY is an author, song lyricist, scriptwriter, and video director. He has penned more than 350 lyrics recorded by artists such as Switchfoot, Kenny Rogers, Sanctus Real, and Jason Gray. Doug and Lise McKelvey, the parents of three young adults, live near Nashville, TN.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:
NED BUSTARD is a graphic designer, illustrator, and printmaker for World’s End Images, the creative director for Square Halo Books, Inc., and curator of the Square Halo Gallery. He is on staff with CIVA (Christians in the Visual arts), is on the boards of the ASCHA (Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art) and The Row House, Inc. worldsendimages.com

ABOUT RABBIT ROOM PRESS:
THE RABBIT ROOM cultivates and curates stories, music, and art to nourish Christ-centered communities for the life of the world. Conceived in 2007 as an experiment in creative community, The Rabbit Room put down roots in a 150-year-old farmhouse in Nashville, Tennessee. As of 2022 the community’s creative ventures include a podcast network, a music and book store, Rabbit Room Press, and live events including its annual Hutchmoot conference. www.rabbitroom.com

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