How Prayer Began

Day thirteen in a thirty-day experiment in spiritual formation and gratitude

HOW DID PRAYER BEGIN?

It is a good question: how did prayer begin? Attempts were made in the 19th century, when evolution was in vogue, to say that prayer evolved out of magic. Later, in the 20th century, when science ruled, biological need was said to be the source of prayer. In our era, where post-truth philosophy rules, questions about the reality of …