(Cover art by Gary Wilson)
Every follower of Jesus is called to have a praying life. But many confess that they are “too busy to pray.” This book is a record of observations, experiences, reflections, and biblical and theological conclusions, written by a busy pastor who discovered praying as a conversation with God that has lasted for over forty years.
It is also a challenge to pray, and a call to a praying lifestyle. The conviction of the author is that what the Church most needs today is to recover praying as a relationship with God, and not as a duty to God. This book will inspire you to experience prayer, not as something we have to do, but as something we cannot do without.
Praying: Reflections on 40 Years of Solitary Conversations with God
CHAPTERS
1–What Is Praying?
2–Praying And The Nature Of God
3–Praying As Relationship With God
4–Praying Is Conferencing With God
5–Praying And Listening 6–Praying And Discernment
7–Praying For Myself
8–Praying For Others
9–Praying And Mono-Tasking
10–Praying And Community
11–Praying And The Kingdom
12–Praying And Self-Denial
13–Praying And Remembering
14–Why I Pray
15–The Need For Pray-Ers
16–A Call To Praying
17–Questions About Praying
18–Prayer And Death: A Note To My Dying Friends