Praying for Enlightened Hearts

About this episode

The episode explores the nature of prayer through the lens of childhood innocence and insights from Paul the Apostle in Ephesians.

AA Milne's Christopher Robin's prayer, "Little boy kneels at the foot of his bed ..." has touched the hearts of millions. The poem is a picture of childhood innocence, a mixture of God language and the distractions of inner thoughts. For adults it raises questions about prayer. Is it something we grow out of? If we do pray, what should we pray? Will we every grow out of the distractions in our prayers? Paul the Apostle provides very helpful answers to these kinds of questions in Ephesians chapter 1. Find out more in this podcast.

People in this episode

Host: John Mason

Topics covered

• prayer
• childhood innocence
• spirituality
• distractions in prayer
• Christianity

Keywords

• prayer
• Ephesians
• childhood
• spirituality
• distractions
• Christianity
• AA Milne

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: AA Milne's Christopher Robin's prayer, Ephesians

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