the primary way any Christian will participate in a friendship with God is by Bible study and prayer. Over this chapter and the next, we’ll examine each of these components of the divine dialogue in turn. God Is Not Silent I have a friend whose road to Christian conversion began when he read a strange book on spiritual enlightenment by American New Age mystic Ram Dass. The book, still an Amazon bestseller in the category of spiritualism, is titled Be Here Now, and it incorporates principles of yoga