Learning to Pray

The anger is there before you name it. You have been calling it something else, something more acceptable: confusion, grief, disappointment, questions. But underneath those words is something harder. You are angry at God. Something happened, or did not happen, or went on too long, and you are sitting with a fury that has nowhere…

You have been praying. You show up, you say the words, you mean them. And then the silence. No confirmation that anything was received. No clear sign that someone is listening. Just your own voice in a quiet room, and the same circumstances waiting when you open your eyes. Most people who pray regularly know…