I’d been looking forward to reading this book for YEARS, thinking that it would enhance my prayer life and inspire me to dig deeper into my daily talk with Jesus. NOPE. I got 14% into it, got frustrated with it, and lost ALL my desire to read it.

This book was clearly written with scholars and theologians in mind, and not your everyday churchgoer. It was incredibly verbose for no good reason, read more like a college textbook than a practical resource, and referenced more of the words of some historical figure than it did Scripture. The average person couldn’t care LESS about what John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, such-and-such philosopher, or some long-forgotten poet from the 1600s said about prayer. Help me with my prayer life in a way that I can connect with and don’t talk DOWN to me like I’m beneath you. It’s not that hard!!!

Momma ain’t raise no punk and Daddy ain’t raise no quitter. But in 2021, I’m not suffering through no more books just for the sake of saying I read something...and that starts tonight.