How do you pray?

It was my turn to lead prayer group this week, so I asked the question I'd like to ask every person of faith I encounter:  How do you pray?  The answers came back even more varied than the group assembled.  The answers still echo.

The simple question

How do you pray?

Brought so many answers

In a small group

Even more answers, it seems,

Than the number of people present.

I hear the echoes even now:

Prayers knit with yarn;

Prayers held

While distractions are carefully noted,

Placed in a boat,

Sent away down the river;

Prayers numbered like the psalms.

Oh so many prayers

Oh so many ways to pray

The answers echo even now

They multiply

Some prayers even

Without words.

My finger runs the rim

Of my favorite mug.

It is momentarily

A singing bowl.