http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-reflection-on-prayer/ Looking with non-artificial intelligence Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-reflection-on-prayer/#comment-261 Susan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:31:16 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2008/07/17/a-reflection-on-prayer/#comment-261 I'm sure to most people it's surprising that you consider prayer itself the balancing benefit. I think most of us think of prayer as the way to evoke a balancing benefit from something awful. But I like the way you characterize prayer better, as an end in itself. I like talking with my friends, not to get something out of them but to get to know them better, to disclose something of myself, to tease, learn, challenge, question, etc. Hm, what can I tease God about today? I’m sure to most people it’s surprising that you consider prayer itself the balancing benefit. I think most of us think of prayer as the way to evoke a balancing benefit from something awful. But I like the way you characterize prayer better, as an end in itself. I like talking with my friends, not to get something out of them but to get to know them better, to disclose something of myself, to tease, learn, challenge, question, etc. Hm, what can I tease God about today?

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