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Can I use the same word to describe both God and my friend's new sports car? Can I describe the catch Randy Moss makes in a football game and the majesty of Yahweh using the same word? I think "awesome" is not so awesome any more. I need new words to describe the Creator. Any suggestions?

Yesterday at Southwest we talked about "Pray Big." One very big prayer is, "Your kingdom come." It is like dropping a seed into a crack in the sidewalk. The seed starts small and fragile, but can grow to be a towering oak that shatters the sidewalk. In an effort to stimulate a conversation about prayer and thereby, Lord willing, spurring one another on to more and deeper and bigger prayers, I handed out a card with four questions about prayer. Over the next several days I'll post those questions and some of the responses we received. Please join in the conversation. Today's question: "What draws you to prayer?"

I had fun in church last Sunday. But something was nagging at me. I enjoyed the place and the people and the singing. It was a big church, and the building felt new and spacious and well lit. It felt like a mall. I'm told that is the goal of architects and designers when they design a church building in the suburbs: They want it to feel like the mall because we are comfortable in a mall. They want us to feel comfortable. Okay. Fine. So what was nagging at me? It took me a while to put my finger on it. I was having fun, smiling, reconnecting with old friends, sipping coffee from the coffee bar in the foyer, looking around the auditorium, admiring the layout, wondering if we should incorporate some of their ideas at Southwest. Then I was singing and worshiping and feeling really good. Then I was surprised to see an old friend and was excited and feeling great. I was having a great Sunday! But something quiet and subtle was nagging at me. Later that afternoon I was trying to communica...