Of all the theologians I read regularly, I think the religious writer who most consistently delights me is Peter Marty, son of long-time Lutheran writer Martin Marty. Like his father before him, Peter appears in The Lutheran magazine every month. For me, his article is usually the highlight of the magazine.

One month, Pastor Marty spoke of prayer as a conversation with God, not as much a chance to get to know God as it is a chance to enjoy God. In prayer we celebrate our relationship with God while deepening it. On this Trinity Sunday, I would like to ask you something about your prayer life.

If you want to address God in your prayer conversation, are you more likely to address God as “Father” or as “Jesus” or as “Spirit”? In the sample prayer that Jesus gave us, he started with “Our Fat…