Comments on: My Pet Peeves: Piano During Prayer http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/05/my-pet-peeves-piano-during-prayer/ Making Theology Accessible Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:00:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan G http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/05/my-pet-peeves-piano-during-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-3957 Dan G Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:18:06 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/?p=981#comment-3957 Yes! It seems many churches are ashamed of the silence when they announce a "prayer moment." Why can't we just have a corporate time without the intervention of music or prattling to just listen for that still, small voice? I attended a large mainline church once where they had a "moment of prayer" on the Order of Service. "Nice", I thought. The "moment" lasted all of 30 seconds which was how long it took for the prayer babe to walk to the lectern and begin reciting an insufferably PC prayer . . . interrupting my personal prayer time on completely different issues and subjects. Just like "happy clap" worship, the stifling of real prayer is a common fixture in modern Christian churches. Will we survive the trend? Yes! It seems many churches are ashamed of the silence when they announce a “prayer moment.” Why can’t we just have a corporate time without the intervention of music or prattling to just listen for that still, small voice?

I attended a large mainline church once where they had a “moment of prayer” on the Order of Service. “Nice”, I thought. The “moment” lasted all of 30 seconds which was how long it took for the prayer babe to walk to the lectern and begin reciting an insufferably PC prayer . . . interrupting my personal prayer time on completely different issues and subjects.

Just like “happy clap” worship, the stifling of real prayer is a common fixture in modern Christian churches.

Will we survive the trend?

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