It’s good to see you. Grab your coffee. Pull up a chair. Now, go ahead. Pray.

What?

You know, pray.

Um, what do you mean?

It’s first thing in the morning. If  you want to be spiritual, you are supposed to pray. So pray.

Can I point something out to you? I mean, without making you mad? Do you realize what you just said makes
no sense?

What do you mean. Of course it makes sense. Spiritual people pray.

I’m sure they do, but that still doesn’t make sense. Pray is a form of talking, right?

Right.

Let me try an experiment. Listen to this: “It’s good to see you. Grab a cup of coffee. Pull up a chair. Now talk. Now laugh. Now yell. Now argue.”

Talk with who? Laugh about what? Yell at whom? Argue over what?

Exactly. You tell me to pray, but you don’t say to whom or about what. You tell me that praying is an important
spiritual thing, but change “praying” to “talking” and I will wonder whether you know what you are talking about.

But isn’t it obvious? Isn’t prayer always talking to God and about everything?

Technically, it is possible to pray to other people. And what exactly does everything mean?

So what should I say to all these people reading this?

Hmm. That’s tough. I mean, how well do they know God? have they ever talked with Him before?

Dunno. What difference does that make?

Well, if you are talking to someone you don’t know, wouldn’t you say, “Hi God. We hardly talk. I’m not even sure whether to say singular you or plural. But good morning! How are you this morning?”

That counts?

That counts. If you wait for an answer, of course.

You mean, God actually talks back?

Yep.