prayer looks for ways, in Miller’s words, to “ground the petition in the character of God.”28 A clear example of this can be found in the collect prayer form.29 A simple collect has four distinct parts to it. First, we address God and sometimes embellish our calling upon God. For example, a simple address would be simply “O God”; an address with an embellishment might be “O living and loving God.” Second, we say something about God: in prayer language this is called an “attribute.” For example, at