Most Christians want to experience spiritual transformation. But many are
frustrated by the limited progress of our spiritual self-improvement efforts. We
find our praying burdened by a sense of obligation and failure.

But prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Prayer
is not just communication with God; it is communion with God. As we open
ourselves to him, God does the spiritual work of transformation in us.

Spiritual director David Benner invited us to discover openness to God as the
essence of prayer, spirituality and the Christian life. Prayer is far more than
saying words to God; all of life can be prayer when offered to God in faith and
with openness. Using the four movements of 'lectio divina', Benner explores
prayers as attending, pondering, responding and being. Along the way he opens us
to a world of possibilities for communion with God: praying with our senses,…
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