Peter Kreeft Peter Kreeft brings his unique insights to this most important area of our spiritual lives He claims he himself is still a beginner in prayer and this book is for all those like him who feel that they are not good at praying but desire to become much better at it Thus Kreeft offers simple but profound advice and practical steps for developing a prayer life based on the time tested wisdom of the saints and great spiritual writers especially the principles found in Brother Lawrence s classic The Practice of the Presence of God In short straight forward and unsentimental chapters Kreeft covers all the key areas for understanding and developing that intimate form of communication with our Creator that we call prayer He covers such areas as the necessity of prayer various motives and methods steps patience suffering sin faith and grace There s no shortage of good doctrinal material today But for the post Boomer generations the burning question rem