http://www.blogher.com/trying-new-thing-prayer Comments for "Trying a NEW Thing with Prayer" en http://www.blogher.com/trying-new-thing-prayer <p>A while back I started doing something new during group prayer times.&nbsp; I kind of did it out of necessity at the time, but I have continued doing it and I really like it.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><img height="175" alt="Distracted..." hspace="10" width="175" align="left" vspace="10" src="http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee92/sweetmummyof3/distracted.jpg" />When I'm in a setting where we are praying together in a group out loud, I can find myself being distracted.&nbsp; My mind sometimes wanders and I realize I have missed several sentences of someone's prayer.&nbsp; No matter how hard I concentrate this seems to happen more often than I'm happy to admit.&nbsp;</p> <p><br /></p> <p>I <strong><u>AM</u></strong> praying with the folks around me, and I want to participate fully in that time.&nbsp; I want to be less distracted, more connected, more prayerful (is that a word?).&nbsp;</p> <p><br /></p> <p>So, I started <strong>'taking notes'</strong> during the prayers.&nbsp;</p> <p><br /><br /> <a href="http://sweetmummy.lifewithchrist.org/page/a-new-thing-with-prayer.html" title="Full Blog Post">Read more...</a></p> http://www.blogher.com/trying-new-thing-prayer#comments Life Religion &amp; Spirituality journal journaling prayer taking notes Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:06:52 -0500 sweetmummy 28808 at http://www.blogher.com