The Pope Tweets Davening Advice!

If you hadn't heard, Pope Benedict XVI joined the twitter-verse two weeks ago and sent out his first personal tweet recently:

Now I am not sure if it is kosher to follow the Pope, but I do find it fascinating to ponder that this is not only the leader of the Catholic Church and official head of state of Vatican City, but he is impermeable to error (according to the doctrine of Papal Infallibility). It is truly awesome (for a Christian believer) to think that the closest that God could be in the flesh of a human and is live tweeting advice!

But on a serious note regarding tefilla, that the Pope took time to tweet to a busy Mom about finding time to pray I think reflects that this is a top trending issue!

As a teaser, I will lead you to the Holy See's twitter handle to see his own answer to his own tweet. I will humbly write more in the coming days about mindfulness as better strategy to find time to daven.

High Holiday Seats at One Shul

Have you been to One Shul - no fees or dues necessary?   I am fascinated that people connect this way to one another to pray.  While I may like the challenge of summarizing my tefilla into 140 characters or less, I think I am just old fashioned and need a seat in IRL shul.  Hoping that wherever you pray, that it goes well for you.

Save One Prayer?

A good question came through my twitter feed from Dov Emmerson and wanted to share here to see if we could cull some responses:

dovemerson5:08am via HootSuite

great exercise 4students via @dpelcovitz - if all world's prayer books destroyed & u could save1 tefilla, which 1 & why? #jedchat @davenspot

The Hardest Part About Davening

This morning I was thinking about this question - What is my personal hardest part about davening? 

For me, it is the conceptual effort to stand before my Creator - spiritually naked revealing all of my inner thoughts and deeds.  It is hard to do this on an ongoing basis; to look into the mirror and reflect on my ethical and material successes and failures.

Then I came across the following tweet (tip of the hat to Rabbi Yonah Bookstein) shortly after I davened and it brought a smile to my face:

9hRick Warren ‏@RickWarren

Graciously, God reveals the depth of our brokenness gradually over time. If we saw every area instantly we'd feel hopeless.

Retweeted by Rabbi Yonah 

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Very profound.

What is the hardest part for you?

Passing Over

The blog posts are off this week in celebration of Pesach.

Follow @davenspot on twitter for recommendations for interesting articles or the latest and greatest in tefilla news (even during Pesach).  Chag Samech חג שמח!