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February 2012: If This Is Prayer, It Isn't So Bad

It can work, even if you don't have a Higher Power

I am a man of three score plus 13 years. I have been searching for my understanding of God or a Higher Power for all my life and have never been able to truly deep down within my head or heart believe that someone or something is actually pulling the strings on this puppet.

As a young boy, my parents never required me to go to church. There was no religion taught in school, nor was I exposed to it at home. I couldn’t come up with a concept of God in my mind, nor did I know how to pray. I was always plagued with the thought that I was the only one who did not get it. How could I be... Subscribe to access full story