This was an interesting question. Like Sandy, I watch Joel Osteen on TV every Sunday morning. Partly because I love his positive messages that I can incorporate into my daily life and partly because I just do not have the energy to get up, get dressed (appropriately for church) and make the trek. I also don't believe that you have to go to a specific building and sit in a pew to worship.

I used to be very intimidated by prayer - I would hear people in church pray and it seemed so "rehearsed" and "proper". I never wanted to be called on to pray outloud! Now, I pray just as I would speak in normal conversation. I talk to God as though he were sitting beside me (and I believe He is).