Prayer

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In popular parlance, “prayer” is synonymous with well-wishing. No one has to conduct a study to conclude that of the millions of people who say “our prayers are with you,” less than 1% actually utter a word. Such phrases are accepted as niceties, the trimmings of polite discourse. But genuine Christian prayer is very different […]