My response to the paper of Brother Nelson Bako, of Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 'The Foundation of Prayer at the Heart of Melanesian Religious Life' at the Anglican Communion conference, at the Anglican Communion conference, St Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya, May 2019, published in Muthuraj Swamy and Stephen Spencer (eds), Listening Together: Global Anglican Perspectives on the Renewal of Prayer and Religious Life (Anglican Communion Office, 2020), pp. 136-139.