I’m on the hunt for a morning devotion I can do in my car.
This is slightly unorthodox, I’ll admit, but I can’t really greet the sun before I leave for work, because it’s still quite dark when I leave. I love the idea of having a practice at a shrine in the mornings as the sun rises, but that’s just not going to be possible with my current commute.*
Most mornings, the sun comes up while I’m in my car. (I have quite a long commute) I don’t get to watch, since I’m driving North and … well, watching the sunrise while driving in traffic seems like a really good way to get either a ticket or an accident. Still, I enjoy watching the reflections off of buildings and signs, and having the world go from starry night to grey pre-dawn to bright early morning.
So I’d like to do a devotion while I’m experiencing that trip. I really like the morning devotional that the Solitary Druid Fellowship posted recently, but it feels very shrine based. I try to keep clutter down in my car, but I suppose I could keep a little electric candle, a water bottle, and a stick in a little bag for impromptu devotion. (A crane bag for my car?)
I don’t know if the parking garage is an ideal place for a sun devotion though. I will be giving this part a try anyway, I think, since I really do like the liturgy of that ritual. It’ll be limited in time (I can’t do it at sunrise every day, since I’m sitting in the parking garage at about the same time, regardless of when the sun comes up), but having a moment of grounding before I start the day sounds very nice.* I could also easily incorporate a daily divination, since I have my phone with me.
As for greeting the actual sun, maybe my first devotional writing in the Norse hearth will be to research poetry styles and write something simple to Sunna. If I can memorize it easily (which shouldn’t be a problem, since I’ll be writing it), I can say the prayer as I see the first glimmers and beams of light reflecting across the city. Not as good as the actual sunrise, but as close as I can get. Maybe I’ll write the prayer to reflect (ha ha) those reflections!
*While I like the idea of getting up on weekends to do a sunrise ritual, weekends are when I catch up on sleep, so I’m rarely out of bed before 9. Maybe I’ll do a sunset ritual on weekends instead? How do you guys differentiate the various schedules of your week if they have super different timing?
Little Druid on the Prairie 
I’ve actually always appreciated commute time for connections. When I used to drive alone to a practicum class, I would often pray on the way – I struggled a lot with that class, and you’re right in that some grounding beforehand can make a lot of difference in your day. For me, the biggest thing I would need in my car would be appropriate music. I might even do a singing devotional while driving, depending. But then, I’m a very musical/auditory person: YMMV.
Teo does say you can freely omit, add to, or change the liturgy. It would be fine if you just omitted the second half and only recited the first. I like to use the entire prayer, though, because it helps me connect to each Kindred, something I have a bit of trouble with.
Victoria –
Thing is, I like the whole liturgy, and I’d like to add to it. I just feel like it would make more sense (TO ME) if it was done with a hallows there to focus on. (that might not be the case for other people, which is fine. I really don’t have a problem changing things to suit what I want).
I think I’m just leery of jumping on the SDF bandwagon – it’s a big shiny new thing right now, and it’s very nice, but I’d like to be thinking about and creating my own rituals as well.
I don’t do it around the rising of the sun but around the light of day. I’m not an early riser if I can help it and even when I can’t anything earlier than 9 may not happen because I’m still growly.