<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:center 261.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45373" dir="ltr"><u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45374"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45375">Thanks for the conversation and sharing, a good thread. Certainly the wording in the prayer song was articulating individual experience ("When I see my life ever is torn . . ."). These short courses touch upon a community dimension as well. I like I.B, 1 and 2.</span></u></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:center 261.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45373" dir="ltr"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt"><br></span></u></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:center 261.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45373" dir="ltr"><u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45800"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45801">THE SEVEN INDIRECT COURSES OF
RS-1: Prayer, Theology, Study, Group,
Worship, Art, Meal<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45376"></o:p></span></u></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:center 261.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45377"><u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45378"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45379"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45380"><span style="text-decoration: none" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45381"> </span></o:p></span></u></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:center 261.0pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45382"><u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45383"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45384">PRAYER METHODOLOGY</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45385"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45386"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45387"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45388"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45389"> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:20.1pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45390"><u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45391"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45392">I.</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45393"> <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45394">RETOOLING</u>
‑ Prayer is one aspect Of the Christian life that needs to be re‑thought.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45395"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45396"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45397"> A. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45398">Collapse</u>: Prayer is a problem for churchmen in the 20th century.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45399"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45400"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45401"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45402">World view</u> ‑ the two-story world view in
which the metaphors for prayer were born is gone.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45403"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45404"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45405"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45406">Baalism</u> ‑ to ask God to give you good
things or to relate to your own subjectivity is not prayer.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45407"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45408"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45409"> B. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45410">Recovery</u>: The collapse gives the possibility for re‑discovering
the meaning of prayer.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45411"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45412"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45413"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45414">Witness</u> ‑
to offer a prayer is at minimum a witness to who you are.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45415"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45416"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45417"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45418">Worship</u> ‑
to declare who you are is to disclose what God you stand before as the meaning of your life.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45419"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:81.6pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45420"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45421">II. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45422">CONTEXT</u> ‑ As with
any activity the question of prayer is a question of designating the particular
and universal context in which it occurs.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45423"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45424"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45425"> A. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45426">Situation</u>. To pray authentically is to respond in some
situation.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45427"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45428"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45429"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45430">Particular</u> ‑ responses to the deeps of
life always occur in a particular situation.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45431"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45432"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45433"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45434">Embracing</u> ‑ prayer is to be totally situation in the sense of affirming your
participation in it.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45435"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:1.5in;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45436"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45437"> B. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45438">Community</u>: Depth responses to situations are always made on the basis of
some community in history; there is no such thing as private prayer.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45439"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45440"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45441"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45442">Saints</u> ‑ in the Christian community even
prayer off by oneself is in the presence of the Churchmen known and unknown of
the past and future.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45443"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45444"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45445"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45446">Worship</u> ‑ it is also always an extension
of and re-call to the corporate office of the gathered community.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45447"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:20.1pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45448"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45449">III. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45450">DYNAMICS</u> ‑ The nature of what takes place in prayer has to
do with certain essential interior characteristics.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45451"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45452"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45453"> A. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45454">Basic</u>:
Prayer is a methodology in selfhood without which humans would not be
human.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45455"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45456"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45457"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45458">Attentionality</u> ‑ it is basically a way of being present to the actual
occurrences as they are universally experienced in life.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45459"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45460"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45461"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45462">Intentionality</u> ‑‑ it is the exercise of the decision a human being makes
as a final stance toward some given particular.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45463"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45464"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45465"> B. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45466">Depth</u> ‑ Prayer has to do with man’s
spirit relationships rather than his surface existence.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45467"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45468"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45469"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45470">Responsibility</u> ‑ to pray is to be
required to take genuine responsibility for an object of concern.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45471"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45472"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45473"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45474">Promisorial</u> ‑ it is also to pick up the
particulars that are being faced and claiming the promise of their fulfillment
as they are.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45475"></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45476"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45477">IV. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45478">TYPES</u> ‑ In the tradition of the Christian community there
are several basic types of prayer.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45479"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45480"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45481"> A. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45482">Petitionary</u> ‑ The first requirement is
to dare to assume the presumptuous posture toward life of projecting oneself as
a person of faith.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45483"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45484"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45485"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45486">Church</u> ‑ we presume to pray for
ourselves as the body of Christ in all times and in all places.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45487"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45488"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45489"> 2. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45490">Trust</u> ‑ we therefore rely upon the Word
that we are received people as we are who can always be expected to be found
standing as accepted persons.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45491"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:36.2pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45492"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45493"> B. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45494">Intercessory</u> ‑ boldly advance our proclamation of the
decision to take responsibility for all of life.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45495"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:48.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-hyphenate:none;tab-stops:-.75in -.25in 2.1pt 18.2pt 30.0pt .55in 63.6pt 1.25in 1.75in 2.25in 2.75in 3.25in 3.75in 4.25in 4.75in 5.25in 5.75in 6.25in 6.75in 7.25in 7.75in 8.25in 8.75in 9.25in 9.75in 10.25in 10.75in 11.25in 11.75in 12.25in 12.75in" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45496"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45497"> 1. <u id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45498">World</u> ‑ we pray for every structure that
holds life in being announcing that we are to be held accountable for their
justices and injustices.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45499"></o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474115464822_45111">
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<div>Super. Thank you, Terry! Thank you, Sully!</div>
<div> John Cock</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Date: </span>Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM<br clear="none">
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject: </span>[Oe List ...] Spong and Prayer<br clear="none">
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<div dir="ltr">The movie "Sully" opened in movie theaters around the US last week. I was interested to see it because of an "earthrise" witness that I wrote on prayer seven years ago. I was trying to illustrate the RS-1 practice of grounding religious language
in life experience. Given this dialogue initiated by Susan in response to Bishop Spong, I thought I'd re-post it again here. See below:
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">I just returned home from a trip to New York. As is typical when flying from LaGuardia, we had a spectacular
view of the city’s skyscrapers. This time my fascination was greater than usual as I found myself looking for the spot where, in January, a plane like mine crash-landed into the Hudson River. You probably heard about Captain Sully and his plane’s encounter
with a flock of geese, how its engines stopped shortly after take-off, his quick review of options, and his management of a crash from which every one of the 150+ passengers survived. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;"></span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">As I looked down on the same river, I was reminded of an interview I heard shortly after this occurred. Someone asked Captain Sully “Did you
pray while this was happening?” “No,” he said, “but I imagine there were some in the back taking care of it for me while I did the flying.” </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">I may be overly presumptuous but both the question and answer seem to be predicated on a popular image of prayer whereby one’s self is put
in the fore seeking favors from a supernatural entity and, in this case, pleading for an escape from a life-threatening danger. I have no doubt that everyone on that plane was experiencing a prayerful moment, but genuine prayer is something far different from
this counterfeit perception.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">Prayer means acknowledging and bowing my head to the sheer awesomeness of a prevailing mystery that is totally beyond myself. It is the mystery
that I first recognized in the questions of my childhood -- why I am here? why must I die? what should I do? what is the purpose of life? I encounter unmitigated mystery precisely because these questions are ultimately unanswered. Genuine prayer allows us
to grapple with the silence rather than fill the void. Prayer is standing before that reality (the name that we cannot know according to the ancient Israelites, i.e., “God”) and framing everyday actions, as well as responses to extreme circumstances, in a
life-affirming comprehensive context. It is never an escape. “I don’t pray to change God,” C.S. Lewis is quoted as saying, “I pray to change myself.”</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">Captain Sully’s actions make me think that he was in a very profound state of prayer as he landed that plane. He was intensely focused on
acknowledging the real situation while bringing all of his experience and knowledge to bear, including extraordinary resources to remain calm in a moment of extreme crisis. Given popular perceptions, I can also appreciate his unwillingness to call it prayer.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">Which raises questions for me. Most of the time, topics of an overt religious nature, like prayer, never even come up in my daily encounters.
When they do, it seems that about half of the people I meet are more-or-less content with the shallowness of popular religion while the other considers it to be totally irrelevant. This, of course, is a gross oversimplification and there is a lot of grey in
between but it highlights a quandary. How do I authentically engage everyone, religious and secular alike, to celebrate and act upon both the possibilities of life and its overwhelming limits? It is even more complex when different religious traditions are
thrown into the mix. No matter how much I work on resolving this, there is no simple answer. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7379385534MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.25in;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">It is in wrestling with life’s questions that we make our prayers. Though he’d probably be surprised to hear it, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;">I’m
grateful today for Captain Sully calling me to mine. Amen.</span></div>
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