However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.

Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

Our prayers must spring from the indigenous soil of our own personal confrontation with the Spirit of God in our lives.