In these old, familiar words we are going to discover nine different paths of prayer: Stillness, Adoration, Petition, Intercession, Perseverance, Contemplation, Listening, Confession, and Spiritual Warfare. Our journey is going to be paced around an easy, four-step rhythm: P.R.A.Y. —Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yield. I’m not a big fan of acronyms —they smack of science textbooks and overearnest sermons —but this particular one just works, because it’s simple, sensible, and sneakily profound. Try not to