Prayer is a strange thing isn’t it? I often remember, as a kid, wondering just how we were supposed to “pray without ceasing” as Paul admonishes us to do. Impossible, I know. Maybe Paul was exagerating, using some form of Semitic hyperbole. Or maybe he wasn’t…
“Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land. Praying is not simply some necessary compartment in the daily schedule of a Christian or a source of support in time of need, nor is it restricted to Sunday morning or as a frame to surround mealtimes. Praying is living.”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen from With Open Hands
