Among the many topics my spiritual director and I discuss, we always return to prayer. That should be obvious for anyone who knows anything about spiritual directors or anyone who practices a spiritual or religious life. The discussion turned to speaking in tongues because I think I talk too much when I pray. I can't shut that nous up, as the Eastern Orthodox sorta say. Having grown up Pentecostal, speaking in tongues was de rigueur for most of the services I attended--I think I was 15 or 16 years old when I first "spoke" this way myself. For the next few years I used this gift without knowing much about it. Mind you, I wasn't the guy yelling in tongues all the time (I don't think I've ever yelled in that language) nor was I the interpreter--I haven't been graced with that charism. Part of the problem was it wasn't explained much in my circles--you just did it, if you had it. If you did...
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