Jon here.
It was requested that I post a paragraph to this online message board- "blog" - by midnight, May 31st, with specific instructions to "express my thoughts". It may surprise you to learn that I am not always the talkative and outgoing type, and thus publicly detailing the inner workings of my mind causes no small amount of trepidation of my part. Just so you know.

Anyways, I'm the prayer coordinator. It was mentioned that daily prayer is perceived as being boring. Those who regularly attend daily prayer say it is well worth the one or two or six hours a week that they spend in prayer and fellowship with others there for the same purpose, but that is no surprise, since they wouldn't be regular attendees if they thought it was boring. However, I understand completely how it could be viewed as boring, or a waste of time. I felt much the same way in the past, and viewed the only acceptable corporate prayer as that which took place around the dinner table and lasted no longer than fifteen seconds. However, it was only once I experienced the power of prayer (and consequently, God) working in my life and that of other people, that I realized that maybe praying with other people was a good idea. The first suggestion for changing the reputation of daily prayer was to have people tell other people about what God has done for them. As one of my friends put it: "I assume God is working enough on our campus that we can find someone once a month whose life has been impacted by prayer." I believe he is right. Has God done something with your life? Tell us.

More ideas to follow on what will be done with daily prayer itself. As always, I welcome your ideas.

-jon

P.S. I pray for you all.