Ken Bresler

Can You Dance a Prayer? Ken Bresler

This is a collection of quotations about the nature of prayer. Quotations include these: "I pray that I may be able to pray properly." "It is of course possible to dance a prayer." "The very act of lighting the candle is prayer." "Even if all you can say to God is 'Help!' it is still very good. Repeat this over and over again, until God opens your lips and the words begin to flow from your heart." The foreword puts the quotations into perspective and poses these questions: When we pray, to whom do we pray, God-or ourselves? When we pray, do we speak to God, or is it the other way around? Is God near or distant? Does a prayer need words? Do a prayer's words matter? If we don't feel like praying, do the words count as prayer? If we don't feel like praying, should we still pray? What is prayer anyway? Is it possible to dance a prayer? To live life as a prayer? If everything can be a prayer, do we need to make time to pray?