THE BEST BIT of advice I ever received about how to pray was this: keep it simple, keep it real, keep it up. You’ve got to keep it simple so that the most natural thing in the world doesn’t become complicated, weird, and intense. You’ve got to keep it real because when life hurts, you’re going to be tempted to pretend you’re fine. And when you make a mess of things, you’re going to be tempted to hide from God (which never really works) and end up hiding from yourself (which works quite well). And