The Prayer Worrier

. . . I suppose I could start praying during commercials.

Does prayer time add up? Like twenty, thirty second prayers - would that be the same as one ten minute prayer? Which is about all the good Lord is ever gonna get outta me . . .

in one sitting. I'm not there yet but I'm workin' on it.

The other day I was really tired but I went ahead and started to pray for what seemed like an eternity - was that a sign that I was in "His presence;" feeling' like an eternity? I kid you not, it honestly felt like an eternity - until the guy behind me started honking his horn in a very un-Christian manner. I was at a stop light.

If you never actually say "Amen," doesn't that mean your praying' time is still adding up?

The way a taxi meter keeps runnin' when you dash into the convenience store to buy a quart of milk for the kids. Or a lottery ticket and a pack of cigarettes. Or a six-pack . . . and

a lottery ticket. I ALWAYS pray before I buy a lottery ticket - but that's a private prayer between me and the big Boss what helps them that helps themselves. I've been takin' taxis

since the Pinto exploded in the collision; those darned kids with their skateboards!

But if you never say "Amen," the prayer hasn't officially ended has it? That's the only way

I can figure how to pray without stopping. I think there's something in the Good Book about that - praying without stopping. I should read it more than I do but who's got time?

So . . . do you think prayer time adds up?