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We need to learn to pray again

God is real, Rod Dreher insists, and we’re born to be in communion with him. But the focus and mental commitment that prayer requires are impossible if we’re forever doom-scrolling

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  • Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age

    Rod Dreher

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