How many times has this happened? You feel scattered and distracted. You try to pray but nothing changes. You’ve entered overloaded, anxiety-provoking, crazy-making territory. It’s not surprising. When you’re anxious, your brain doesn’t know (or care) if you’re in real danger or not. It will still prioritize detecting threats…

If you want to pray but struggle to slow your mind and feel God’s presence, here’s a very old prayer that will help: Christian breath prayer. By praying Scripture in a single breath, prayer becomes less about striving and more about resting in God. These are breath prayers: words…