One of the most enjoyable things about my looking at each word or phrase in the Lord’s Prayer has been the sudden discovery of statements I have said thousands of times and never stopped to notice what I was saying or what the words meant. “Our Father who art in Heaven” became just one flowing jumble of words that seemed to go together quite well and flowed off the tongue with ease. Then it hit me that these words were more than just a description of which God I was speaking to; these words were a statement of faith. These words proclaim that I believe God is real and heaven is a place. They also bring me face to face with my doubts.

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