Pastoral Ponderings: Thoughts about thoughts and prayers - The Stettler Independent

Pastoral Ponderings: Thoughts about thoughts and prayers - The Stettler Independent

Can we talk about prayer for a moment? Everyone prays. Odd place to start, I know, but hear me out. Everyone prays. We made prayer a religious thing, a ritual part of the structure around how we try to know God. The word itself can be traced back to ancient times from a word meaning to ask or entreat. And that’s pretty much how we’ve tended to see it. Sometimes prayers offer thanks, they do, but I often think we’re being thankful for what we rec…