Chapter One THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF PRAYER So many of the books I’ve read on prayer seem to be little more than guilt-ridden tirades on why we don’t pray and why we should pray more. Let me say at the outset of our journey together that I have no intention of adding to such a depressing collection. What I want to do in this book, if I can, is to help us catch a glimpse of what we might be missing by not making prayer a vital part of our lives. I have found that prayer is the most wonderful gift