A fellow blogger over at Between The Cushions has a great little post called Do You Need A Washing. I used to visit his site every day but as his posting decreased I cut it down to once every week or so. He posted this story a few days ago but I only noticed it now…

Arrogance & Eloquence
When Jesus’s disciples asked for instruction on prayer, he warned them of a common temptation—the temptation to think that prayer depends upon saying just the right words or a certain number of words. “When you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do,” he said, “for they think that they will be…