{"id":144,"date":"2010-03-16T13:24:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T13:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/03\/137-sneaking-onstage-during-prayer.html"},"modified":"2010-03-16T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T13:24:04","slug":"137-sneaking-onstage-during-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/03\/137-sneaking-onstage-during-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"#137 Sneaking onstage during prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mission-impossible.jpg\"<\/span>When the pastor finishes the sermon and says “Let’s close in prayer<\/a>,” this is usually the band’s cue to sneak silently back onstage. With every head bowed and every eye presumably closed they skulk back to their seats, quiet as death. The stealth is palpable. You could cut it with a knife. It’s hard to concentrate on the prayer because you’re nervous on their behalf as they try not to brush the cymbals or knock over music stands. Also perceptible is their urgency to be seated before the prayer is over, as to have materialized while we weren’t looking. It’s a relief when the pastor says “Amen” and you don’t have to be nervous for them anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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