Writing on the subject of prayer is a responsibility that I approach with great trepidation. First, just about everyone, regardless of how religious or unreligious they might be, at some time has prayed. It is a topic about which practically everyone considers himself at least familiar if not an authority.
Prayer appears to be a fairly simple and straightforward issue.
It seems that all one has to do is simply to figure out what one needs or desires and to ask God for it. There you have it, the topic of prayer summed up in two short paragraphs. It is that simple, and then again, it s not quite. It s simple when we consider the process of prayer - just talk to God. When we think about the content of prayer and the motivation of our prayers, it can become another matter entirely.