What does it mean that Jesus tells us to pray to our Father “in heaven”? Heaven, as the Bible describes it, is not a far-off place in some distant galaxy. It is not a place at all in the sense we usually use that term, which makes it hard to talk about for people who cannot imagine existing without taking up space. Rather, “heaven” is a word that allows us to speak about God’s nearness and availability without pinning Him down to a specific geographical address. Because God’s life is not bodily,