A Guidebook to Prayer: 24 Ways to Walk with God

Why is prayer so hard?Many of us have asked that question. We want to pray. We intend to pray. But, as spiritual director and professor MaryKate Morse notes, "We don't pray as consistently or as meaningfully as we might like."And yet prayer offersus such spiritual riches. Prayer

• draws us to experience love and to be love
• increases our faith
• expands our vision of God
• helps us grow in self-understanding
• gives us perspective on life and death

Morse continues: "Through prayer, we experience for...