I'm all for that, MaineDog, but there's one problem. My closet is so full of junk that I can't even get in there, not to pray, not for anything else either. I have considered praying in secret up on my roof...but the crows gather and caw at me! I have considered praying in secret inside the back of my van. I look up and there's a fly on the window watching me! I went to the bank and said I had to open my safety deposit box, they helped me out with that, I went to the little room, locked the door, got down on my knees...and saw that there was a spider up in the corner of the ceiling watching me! I could clean out my closet, I suppose, so as to make room to pray in the fashion that the Lord has advised...but I just know a cockroach or a mouse will emerge from some crack in the wall at the very moment I begin praying and ruin the whole thing.

It's just not fair. I am going to complain to God about it just as soon as I can arrange to be alone somewhere.

I've changed my mind. This thread has its merits.