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Do you have to pray aloud, or can it be in silence?

Rock Schuler: Either type of prayer is fine. God who is our creator, God who is spirit certainly hears the thoughts of our heads. So, we can think our conversation to God as well as we can speak it openly. Sometimes when we are in the company of other people praying it is helpful to pray aloud, so that those people can hear our prayers and share our prayers with us, support what we are praying for by themselves, offering a prayer on our behalf.

Expert: Rock Schuler

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Rock Schuler is the Rector (Pastor) of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olney, Maryland. He has served as an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church since 1990 after studying for the priesthood at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He was awarded a Doctorate of Ministry in Congregational Development in 2002. In the course of his ministry, Rock has served on an Indian Reservation, in More »

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