Yesterday morning, I tried a “help” prayer with Mary. Anne Lamott, who I quoted yesterday, says there are three types of prayer: help, thanks, and wow. I do a lot of the thanks and some of the wow. Yesterday morning it was help.
This seemed to require more than just a kiss in passing, like my thanks have been. This, I thought, should be on my knees. I to…
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