Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 18, 2021
Spontaneous prayer is much more meaningful and real than
planned prayer. Planned prayer is usually locked into formulas, and
we repeat the same requests over and over. This kind of prayer gets
dull, and it is seen as a duty rather than a joy.
George Buttrick in his large book simply called Prayer tells of why
the Acoma Indians in Colorado chose to live on the mesa. The rock
gave them safety. The Apaches on the South and the Navajos on the
North made them sitting ducks down on the plains, and so they headed
for the rocks. A narrow path
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