St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, Epc

As we finish up our six-week reflection on the habit of daily prayer, what do I say? Over the past few weeks, I have met with people who come for Morning Prayer to pray and get “immersed" with others in the practice. I have talked to people in my study, including a young man who came in and said, “I need you to teach me to pray.” On occasions like these, especially after six weeks of pondering the “whys and wherefores” of prayer, I feel shame because there is just so much to say and experience that I can’t gather it all up in a neat little bundle so––“Boom”–– we would all know how to pray. And yet, nothing in life is like that. With almost anything we give ourselves to in life, we find the door in and we think we’ve got it figured out. But just when we think we know everything, alas, we realize we are just in the first room of a seven-storied castle, and it will take a lifetime to explore and understand all the different rooms and floors. For example, I love to cook and, to some people, I am pretty good at c