The Prayer of Prayer - Is God Asking?

Prayer at its simplest and most straightforward is the hinge the prayer turns on. It's this phrase, on earth as it is in heaven, shee asking. Bound up in that simple phrase are the huge themes of gratitude, control, relationship and empowerment. The first half of the prayer invites us beyond our narrow perspective into a holy imagination so that we can participate in the reality of god. And that changes the requests that follow. We move from getting in on god's reality to inviting god to get in on ours. Again, the pronouns tell the story. You'll see it suddenly say, give us, forgive us. Rescue us,. Do you see the turn? The prayer is