I was a bit surprised when J suggested maybe A was ready for some more adult prayers.  When asked, she meant the more adult prayers where we tell God what we want or need.  I was kind of taken aback.  I haven’t prayed that way since hearing a Riverdale Baptist high school  soccer coach lead his team in prayer before playing us by asking God to grant them victory, and then leading them in a public confessional to try and explain why God had let them lose to us.  Some how keeping my relationship with God one where I can simply be thankful for all I have been given seems more my speed.  If my wife or kids ever ask for an older prayer, I suppose I could lead them in a “Pater Noster” or an “Our Father” with or without the “for thine is the kingdom…”  Until then, I will keep my prayers to what I know.