There are many ways of praying. I was involved for some years in a group of Spiritual Directors who offered a listening ear to people exploring their spirituality, and one of the outcomes of that activity was the production of a book called The God You Already Know, which lists dozens of examples of different ways people have found to draw close to God – methods you’d expect from the ancient traditions of the church such as silent meditation, lighting candles and praying with the Bible; but others such as dancing as prayer, swimming as prayer, even Sudoku as prayer – of which the person sharing their experience said, ‘I have to trust that there is an answer to the puzzle, which is discoverable, even though I can never see it to begin with.’ Yes, that sounds like a very good description of our experience of prayer.
– from my talk, On interceding, today. Part three of our latest series on Exploring Worship.
