Prayer: An Evening Conversation with Stephen Jenkinson and Dr. Martin Shaw

Prayer,

It's not all begging and pleading - though these are times fit for both.
There are prayers for day and night, and for the seam where they part.
Prayer has octane, and consequence and cadence.
And it needs a spirit's understanding. And a steady nerve.

On this night there'll be two older men with time in the trenches of supplication,
who'll make a joining of the hands,
who mean to raise up some understanding.
Who'll for a time do prayer's work.

Stephen Jenkinson
Founder of Orphan Wisdom