公禱的缺乏

1) People mumble. They’re looking down at their knees in the first place, and when they mutter low, fast, and fuzzy, even those with the best hearing (not me) can’t hear.

2) We’re all expected to participate. If there are eight people, and eight prayer requests, it is an unwritten rule that we each take one. The problem is, some people take two. Or, by the time we summon the courage to speak (not everyone thrives upon group attention), 5 out of 8 of the prayer requests have been taken care of, and we can’t remember the other three.

Or, because people mumble, we’re not sure if the request we’re praying for has already been addressed.

Worst of all is when there’s only one request left — ours — and one person who hasn’t prayed yet — us.