Prayer is often widely talked about, but can easily be misunderstood. I imagined someone walking step-by-step through the basics of prayer, as if they were reading the classic IKEA manual with visually-driven assembly illustrations. Instead of a cheap couch, the praying person is distilling it down to the essentials. Posture yourself. Close your eyes. Be still. The ubiquitous IKEA instruction book is layered with double meaning. On paper, the instructions seem simple. In practice, they pose a much more in-depth endeavor.