Prayer Perplexity

Several brief scenes illustrate comically the confusion in our culture about prayer. In the first scene, a group of people pray fervently-to rip off the heads of the opposing team! Then a child's nighttime prayer becomes a confusing theology lesson from Mom, who doesn't really understand why we pray. A man prays for the meal, and puts on a holy sounding prayer voice complete with religious vocabulary. A teenager prays for justice on her ex-friend who stole her boyfriend. Finally, a committee trying to update prayer goes to ridiculous lengths. In the end, the actors paraphrase the Lord's prayer, and we see the wonderful simplicity of Jesus' model.Willow Creek Association is the author of 'Prayer Perplexity', published 1995 under ISBN 9780310673682 and ISBN 0310673682.