Come silently, come slowly, be careful. "As I look at the way the disciples prayed back then and as I look at the way Jesus taught us to pray, I realize it's a lot different from what I was taught.

Joel R Beeke, president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, meanwhile, stressed that prayer is "just kind of a parentheses" for many. "The most important thing you're going to do all day long is ...