This beautifully conceived meditation on prayers and praying from beloved author and theologian C. S. Lewis was the final book he wrote.

By means of warm, relaxed words to a good friend, C. S. Lewis meditates on many puzzling questions concerning the personal dialogue between man and God. He considers practical and metaphysical areas of prayer, such as for example when we pray and where. He queries why we look for to inform God inside our prayers if he’s omniscient, whether there is an ideal type of prayer, and which of our many selves we show to God while praying. The concluding notice contains provocative thoughts about “liberal Christians,” the spirit, and resurrection.

Lewis never designed for this reserve to instruct visitors how to pray but rather wanted it to illuminate the goal of prayer and what really happens when we take time to talk to our Heavenly Dad.