Teaching prayer can sometimes be dry and sterile. It is not a topic that leads itself to the vibrant engaging activity. Well that is what I thought until last year when I decided to change how I approach the topic of Chirstian Prayer. The main goal is no longer for students to know the difference between a petition and intercession, or private and corporate prayer. It is more important for each student to pray, to try new ways of praying, to see me pray, to hear and share stories of praying, to get comfortable praying from the heart and mind alone and with others . Don't get me wrong I still teach "prayer vocabulary", but we speak and write prayers while learning term. Most recently, my students finished a simple project in which they created visual Our Father slide-shows . Once they are finished, we use student visual prayers to begin class. It has produced a deeper insight into the meaning behind each word of the prayer. This was only ...