The other day I was listening to a podcast from Speaking of Faith entitled "The Spirituality of Parenting". The host, Krista Tippett, was interviewing a rabbi on the above topic. In the course of the conversation, dealing with how children are naturally spiritual beings and how to nurture that side of them, the topic of prayer came up for a few minutes. I was impressed with how the rabbi defined prayer.
Prayer is NAMING your:
Hopes
Fears
Gratitude
Thus, prayer is more than just a religious exercise. A conversation can be a prayer. A thought can be a prayer. Prayer is where the deep stuff of the heart is identified and nurtured.
It's where these parts of our soul are offered to someone outside of ourselves.
To someone bigger.
To God.
For me, I find this a practical way to view prayer.
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