In Job, when God begins to respond out of the whirlwind, God shatters human explanations with stunning poetry. We are invited to meet God in a storm, a whirlwind beyond our control.
We pray, not to explain, but to discover. We pray to find out how small we really are, to consider where we are in light of the vastness of the seas and the stars. We pray to bravely let all the overwhelming grief and emotion wash over us like waves threatening to pin us down, and we pray from that rock bottom.
We pray with poetry and art. We imagine alternative situations not
with dogmatic certainty, but with hopeful possibilities. We don’t pray
against diseases, tragedies, and pain, we call forth new ways of living
in spite of suffering.
Prayers don’t merely seek answers, they live alternative stories.
“The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are
prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice,
peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for
that nonsense.” (The Message)
Pray simply.
Pray with imagination.
Pray to know God is God and we are not.
In Job, when God begins to respond out of the whirlwind, God shatters human explanations with stunning poetry. We are invited to meet God in a storm, a whirlwind beyond our control.
We pray, not to explain, but to discover. We pray to find out how small we really are, to consider where we are in light of the vastness of the seas and the stars. We pray to bravely let all the overwhelming grief and emotion wash over us like waves threatening to pin us down, and we pray from that rock bottom.
We pray with poetry and art. We imagine alternative situations not with dogmatic certainty, but with hopeful possibilities. We don’t pray against diseases, tragedies, and pain, we call forth new ways of living in spite of suffering.
Prayers don’t merely seek answers, they live alternative stories.
“The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God. Don’t fall for that nonsense.” (The Message)
Pray simply.
Pray with imagination.
Pray to know God is God and we are not.
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