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    Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men
    Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men
    Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men
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    Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men

    By Sybil MacBeth and Andy Macbeth

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    Men bring distinctive gifts - and challenges - to the spiritual enterprise of prayer. Praying in Black and White honors the unique wiring of men and offers a simple, concrete approach to prayer. With a pen and a piece of paper, men are free to bring their skepticism, task-orientation, self-sufficiency, and independence into a new connection with God.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParaclete Press
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781557259936
    Praying in Black and White: A Hands-on Practice for Men
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    Sybil MacBeth

    Sybil MacBeth is the author of Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God (2007) and Praying in Color Kids’ Edition (2009). Praying in Color uses doodling and coloring as a way to get still and listen to God. Sybil combines her lifelong love of prayer with her experience as a community college mathematics professor to offer workshops and retreats throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her workshops, both prayerful and playful, engage people of varied learning styles. Sybil is married to Andy MacBeth, an Episcopal priest, and is the mother of two adult sons.

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      Praying in Black and White - Sybil MacBeth

      1.

      Prayer Problems and Complaints

      Here are some things men say about praying and prayer. If you have any of these problems or have voiced any of these complaints, you are a member of a very large fraternity.

      I don’t know how to pray.

      What’s the purpose of prayer if there are no results?

      Is there anyone or anything out there listening?

      Prayer makes me feel stupid.

      I need to do something concrete rather than just toss words around in my mind or sit or kneel. I can’t sit still—and why should I?

      What’s the deal about a relationship with God? How can you have a relationship with something or someone you can’t see?

      What’s the point of saying the same prayers over and over again?

      I haven’t learned any new prayers in years.

      I don’t know what to say.

      My words feel superficial or fake.

      My prayers feel like a to-do list for God.

      I’m afraid to ask for what I really want.

      No one would want to hear what I really feel.

      Prayer is boring.

      It makes me feel powerless and needy.

      2.

      Why I Come to the Prayer Table

      Andy

      Here are some reasons I take the leap into prayer in the first place:

      I come to prayer because I want to put my life in context, to have some sense of how I fit into the larger scheme of things. Maybe it is arrogant to think I matter this much. But I nourish the hope that God cares about what I do and say and think, and that God is even open to using me as part of whatever God is up to in the world.

      I come to prayer sometimes because I am feeling anxious or unhappy. Connecting with God makes me feel calmer and more centered.

      I come to prayer because there are people I care about so much—children, friends, family members—who have huge needs I clearly cannot meet. There must be someone greater than me to share my concern and possibly to aid them in ways I cannot.

      I come to prayer out of gratitude. There are moments when I marvel at the gifts I’ve been given—loving kids, a lively partner, an interesting job, a warm home, a good dinner. None of these things has to be. So, great choruses of thank you rise up inside me, and I need to say them to someone.

      I come to prayer because I care deeply about the world—my country, my neighbors, and the larger world too—and it is such a messed-up place. Bringing a combination of concern, commitment, frustration, and despair to God, I say, What are you up to? and ask, What can I do to help?

      I come to prayer out of habit, and not just habit in the sense of mindlessly repeated behavior. In the ongoing experience of prayer I feel genuinely connected with a life and a power beyond myself. Prayer makes me feel more peaceful, more useful, and more engaged.

      I come to prayer with a sense of tempting fate, a sense of risk. It can be like climbing a tall ladder or placing a delicate piece of sculpture on a high shelf. My life feels on the edge. Both excitement and fear well up in me. How might I be pushed or changed or challenged by this encounter?

      I come to prayer because it is an anchor for me in a world beyond time and self. In touch with God through prayer, I do not fear death or my own limitations. I feel a part of something good and something beautiful.

      I come to prayer because it unites me with other people in a way that is deeper than shared opinions, social events, and even friendship.

      I come to prayer for healing at those times when I have been damaged by life’s challenges—hurt by criticism, betrayed by a friend, burdened with an aging body, worn down by too much work.

      I come to prayer for forgiveness when I have wounded or hurt another person.

      3.

      What I Bring to the Prayer Table

      Andy

      I am independent, task-oriented, and goal-focused. I like to see a problem, find a

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