For For Christians who struggle to pray and want practical, plainly put answers; not for readers seeking a history or theology of prayer.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
1 of 5marginal
Difficulty
1 of 5light
Short dialogues answering practical questions about how and why to pray.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological0 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
First published by Servant in 1985 and later by Ignatius Press, with the subtitle Straight Answers to Tough Questions about Prayer. In a series of imagined dialogues it takes up practical questions about prayer: finding time to pray, praying when one does not feel like it, distractions, and how prayer is answered. Kreeft presents prayer as a conversation with God.
