Eyes Wide Open

A consortium of Christian campus ministries at TU have come together to sponsor a week of 24/7 prayer. At the heart of campus, near the chapel, is a 10×10 tent that has been set up for this purpose. Inside is carpet, a few bean-bags and pillows, a guitar, a map of the world, art supplies, and a wooden cross. This is designed to be an interactive experience, as is all prayer I suspect.

This post is not intended to lift up this prayer effort to be lauded. What I hope it does, however, is to serve as a spring-board for others who wonder what it might be like to spend an hour in prayer. So, for those who think it is difficult to spend 5 minutes in prayer, let alone 60, rest assured that prayer can take on many forms.

I arrived at 7:04am (late…signed up to be here at 7am)

7:04am Took a look around the tent, read some of the prayers and writing on the walls
7:08am Put on my coat. It was a bit chilly!
7:09am Turned on my computer (itunes), set up a playlist of music, including Bebo Norman and Hillsongs
7:12am Listened
7:20am Read Psalm 139 a few times
7:30am Spent time praying for the TU faculty, staff, and students
7:45am Wrote out a few prayer requests and clipped them to the clothes-liine thingy running across the ceiling
7:50am Wrote this blog post
8:04am Left the prayer tent