Not all prayer looks the same - and that's okay

Kay Morgan-Gurr  |  Comment  |  disability & accessibility
Date posted:  27 Jun 2025
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Not all prayer looks the same - and that's okay

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We’ve all been told stories of the great saints of prayer. You know, those worthy people who got up early in the morning and prayed for hours, without a cup of coffee and before breakfast.

We’ve all, at some point, probably felt guilty that we can’t pray that way. But dig a little deeper into those stories and we will also find lives just like ours - fragile and flawed.

So why are those stories often used as a weapon to whip children and young people into "getting into the habit of prayer"?

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