Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.
The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.
To pray well one must pray much.
... we all know how to pray better than we practice what we know!
Nature, left to itself, defeats nature.
One can be coerced to church, but not to worship.