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Communion\n\nSunday ……………  \nSpeaking in public  \nUnderstanding my d  \nJekyll on Sunday  \nMy job in life..  \nReading the Bible  \n75  \n76  \nAfter reading a passage from  \n77  \nA morning prayer.  \nA prayer late at night  \n79  \nAt the start of a difficult day ..  \n80  \nThe church we go to……………  \n82  \nOn going to a different church where I am not  \n84  \nat home ……………………………  \nAfter attending a new form of servi  \n86  \nPrayer for a sick friend………  \n88  \nFor the conversion of a friend.  \n89  \nA prayer about falling in love..  \n91  \nWhen friendship might mean marriage  \n92  \nWar  \nA prayer about the death ofy  \n94  \n96  \nThe lessons of leadership  \n99  \nA prayer for all leaders ..  \n……………………101  \nMake me a thinker, God .  \nThe puny mind ....  \n..........102  \n....103  \n# A doer of the word...\n\nPart 3  \nUnderstanding Christmas ..…...104Bethlehem ..........105Christmas Cards and presents..107A prayer before going carol singing108A prayer after carol singing.109Lent .....Good Friday  \nThe day after GoodEaster MorningCould it be true?TheAscension ...120He ascended into Heaven122Pentecost..........124A prayer for the Holy Spirit...126'He shall come again with glory'.....127  \n# GETTING STARTED\n\nI’m going to try to pray.  \nI've got a sneaky feeling that this may be the silliestthing I've ever done.  \nBecause I don't know whether there's a God or not.  \nIf there isn't I'm about to start talking to myself  \nOn the other hand if there is a God...  \nWell,if there is a God,it would be the silliest thingimaginable not to pray.  \nThat's just exactly the fix I'm in.  \nOf course I'm not alone in making this experiment.There are thousands,millions who do pray.  \nSome pray by instinct,some pray by habit,some prayby conviction.  \nI suppose there are some who pray for all these reasons.Religious 'opinion-polls'tell us that most peoplebelieve in God—in one way or another.  \nI know the world's a mad place.But can it be thatmad?  \nCan so many people be so completely wrong?  \nOWNING UP  \nI haven't really tried to pray for years and years.  \nNot really.Not in the way that I've tried to do otherthings.Not so that you could say I'd tried.  \nI haven't tried to pray in the same way that I've triedto pass exams,or pleas","cbCaijLHQ4kvy9pw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijLHQ4kvy9pw","pdf",3291816,132,"English","# GETTING STARTED\n## Owning up\n## Experiment\n## Why the doubts?\n## Using doubts\n## A new look at myself\n## The thought of God\n## Making up a meaning\n## Can I love without having faith?\n## Check up on childhood\n## What it takes to be an atheist\n## What it takes to be an agnostic\n## What it takes to believe\n## After belief—what next?","[{\"question\":\"What is the starting point of the book’s journey with God?\",\"answer\":\"The book begins with the narrator deciding to try to pray while not knowing whether there is a God.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the narrator feel prayer might be “silly” at first?\",\"answer\":\"Because the narrator is uncertain about God’s existence; if there is no God, praying seems like talking to oneself.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the narrator describe what God, heaven, and angels are not?\",\"answer\":\"The narrator rejects ideas like a heaven made of gold and jewels, an old man with a white beard presiding from a throne, and angels near pearly gates, while keeping an open mind on deeper meaning.\"}]","GOD - thoughtsDick Williams - Getting started - Part 1 | PDF",333]