Prayer doesn't happen all at once. I think it's a little like exercise, or learning to play a musical instrument. You have to start at the beginning, but you will eventually build up technique, endurance, muscle memory. And then, at some point, the practice starts to change you.
I'll be writing about once a week with a different spiritual practice, especially geared toward those of us (I include myself in the following statement) who are just starting to learn to pray. But the best advice I've ever received about prayer came from my pastor Dr. Braxton. I've never been very good at praying out loud. I'm working on it. He said to me, "Do you believe in God?" "Yes," I answered. "Just talk to God," he told me.
Like most things concerning faith, it's simple, but not always easy.
Walking uptown after work tonight: a glimpse of the Empire State Building above the Garment District.
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