Simple Prayer

Read the Lord's Prayer from Peterson's paraphrase:

Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right,
Do what's best -
as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You're in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You're ablaze with beauty!
Yes. Yes. Yes.

Try reading it for what it says without comparing it to the version you know.
I don't have anything too insightful about this except for...holy crap, it's simple! Man, my mission on Earth is way more simple than I make it. Mary has chosen the better way...

Connecting

Christine and I went to a dinner party last night and realized how much we've changed in the last decade. We hardly knew anyone at this party, but they were all very friendly and we really enjoyed ourselves. The biggest thing we noticed about the crowd is how much they talked about the Lord. It was natural for them to talk about what he has done. They quoted scripture. They remembered prayers. We used to be like that. I remember parties in college - someone would always find a guitar, retreat to a back room somewhere, and pretty soon there would be 30 kids packed into someone's bedroom singing. It was spontaneous and it was natural. Since then, it has never been natural for us or our friends. We talk about sports alot. Kids. Work. Illnesses. Church. Not God. Certainly not "God's been showing me...". And I can't remember someone cracked open the Word at one of our parties. Last night, I kind of thought spontaneous worship might happen, but we fell just short. No guitar in sight.