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The thesis of Mystically Wired: Exploring New Realms in Prayer is simple: Most of us only use a small portion of our brains when praying and there’s more to pray with than that.  Mainly we use the parts of our brain used for study, for conversation, perhaps for problems solving, analysis, and argument.  We use the rational parts of our brain.  Sometimes we add the parts of our brain that sing, perhaps even the parts of the brain engaged in tongues speaking.
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Today is the official release date for Mystically Wired.   It’s a book about intimacy, a hallmark of the spirituality I learned from John Wimber, captured in the intimate worship songs of Vineyard.  But, as the sub-title (Exploring New Realms in Prayer) infers, the book explores new forms of prayer, new ways of praying, and new experiences mediated by those new ways.  Which, of course, are mainly old ways, forgotten, neglected or left unexplored thanks to that great blinding influence: prejudice.
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Jesus, Moses and Elijah met on a mountain.  The disciples fell asleep as glory short-circuited their attention span.  Jesus blazed whiter than the white hot sun.   Hmmmm….the most extraordinary experiences of God seem to happen out in nature, as though nature were an outdoor cathedral.
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Did you hear about the man who talked to the moon when he prayed?  And to the sun and the stars, to the fish, birds, and trees.  Is this allowed?  Is it proper?  Is it sane?  Should someone take him aside and set him straight?  Or was the man inspired?
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