cymbaljack

If you happen to be a sci-fi/fantasy fan, and if like me you grew up wanting to escape to some magical land, then you may find Lev Grossman's The Magicians (and sequel, The Magician King) as surprising and delightful as my wife and I did. It's "Harry Potter for grownups," only that doesn't say enough. It's "what if your dreams of magic being real came true, but you were still the same unhappy person?"

So most people so far have talked about life/journey as prayer, and perhaps a time of centering or intentional focus. Do any of you do what more traditional Christianity would call "praying for" people or situations? Is that part of your practice? If so, how do you do that, and how do you understand it?

Diverse answers are great to me, as they help me think through these questions. Thanks to all those who replied so far!

I found the book The Spirituality of Imperfection by Kurtz and Ketcham very interesting. It draws stories from many different faith traditions and builds around the idea that imperfection is something to be accepted and lived with, rather than fought against.

New to PC and, as I said in my intro post, still figuring out what I'm doing. But my path to this point had a lot to do with practices, so I want to ask people about their practices. I'm asking here about, I guess "private practice," what you do on your own or by your own direction, rather than what you do in a formalized group setting, for those who attend a church or whatever. Do you pray? If so, what does that mean to you? Why do you do it? How does it sound? Do you do something you call "worship"? Do you think of yourself as worshiping God? If so, how is that expressed? What does it mean to you?