title: Pray, Praise, and Give Thanks: A Collection of Litanies, Laments, and Thanksgivings at Font and Table
author: Gail Ramshaw
description: Gail Ramshaw is a scholar of liturgical language and retired professor of religion at La Salle University. She served on the Revised Common Lectionary design committee and on the Church's Year editorial team for the Renewing Worship project that led to <i>Evangelical Lutheran Worship</i>. She is the author of numerous books, including <i>Christian Worship; What Is Christianity</i>? both from Fortress Press; and <i>More Days for Praise</i> from Augsburg Fortress.
zlib_text: ![](Images/image00102.jpeg)
  
  ![](Images/image00106.jpeg)
  
  **Dedication**
  
   _For my tightly folded bud…_
  
   ****
  
  _**Thank yous:**_
  
  A few very impootment* thankingyous*.
  
  Firstness*, the greatportant* Tony Ross, for once again bringing my words to
  life with your fantmazingillicous* illustrawings*.
  
  Thankingyou* too to the head of children’s books at HarperCollins, Ann-Janine
  Murtagh, for all your beliefmentness* in me and my boovels*.
  
  The editor Ruth Alltimes must be thankinged *
  
  too for her meticuliffilous* editnessment*.
  
  Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant, thankingyou both for your incrediment* cover
  and text designyness*.
  
  The publicimitiousness* for this boovel* was organmented* by Sam White and
  Geraldine Stroud, thankingyou* ladymen*.
  
  Thankingyou* too to the desk editor Lily Morgan.
  
  Finallingness*, a hugalumptious* thankingyou * to my agent Paul Stevens at
  Independent. You are the bestmentiousness*.
  
  * * *
  
   _*_ _Multiple made-up word and phrase_ **ALERTS**
  
  * * *
  
   ****
  
  **BEWARE.