Thought for the Week: Prayer and upholding

Peter While reflects on prayer and upholding

by Peter While 5th December 2014

Often I hear ‘Let us uphold (this person) in our thoughts and prayers’. There is also frequent comment and discussion among Quakers about different approaches to prayer. There are some people whose prayer takes the form of petitions addressed to a personal God who may or may not intervene to bring about the desired change. I have veered away from that position over the years. Today, I acknowledge the universal power that we call God and simply describe a different way of working with God in our prayer and upholding.