What is "Guerilla War Prayer?"

A funny thing happened while I was at a game night with friends! May I share it with you?

Recently I was at a friends house for a get together. Yes, they’re friends from church, and, it’s technically a small group. But, when it's a long weekend that isn't Christian holiday - like Easter or Christmas - the whole church takes a break. There's no service and the small groups rest for the week. Our group still meets to play board games. (So cool!)

So, my husband and I packed up a couple of our “games for a crowd,” he made a delicious lasagna for the potluck, and we moseyed on over to enjoy our evening of rest and board games. What does this have to do with “Guerilla War Prayer?” I’m getting there, I promise.

As we were discussing things that we were doing over dinner, I was excitedly sharing a new project I’m working on. An idea I called “Empowered Faith.” Basically, I’m creating a 6-seminar series for those who have experienced religious trauma or spiritual abuse. I looked to the woman on my right, a part of the Bare Marriage team that is changing the face of Evangelical marriage readings (thank God!), because I was sharing how I will include trigger and content warnings.

As part of the series, I want to include spiritual practices. However, I’m going to have them at the end of each session and that there would be an announcement. That way, for those who are still uncomfortable don’t feel pressured, and have the opportunity to exit. Then I jokingly said, “Yeah, there's going to be no ‘Guerrilla War Prayer’ in my seminars!” We all broke out in laughter, but the saddest part is that we could all relate to what I meant, whether through personal experience or hearing the stories of others.

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