A season

Learning to speak plainly

A four-week chapter on finding honest, ordinary words for prayer.

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    Week one — Four small verbs

    Thanks. Sorry. Help. Listen. Use one a day.

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    Week two — No performance

    Say what you'd say to a trusted friend. Nothing else.

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    Week three — The two-second prayer

    Between tasks. Between rooms. One beat of attention.

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    Week four — On the days you can't

    Show up. That is the prayer.