HOW TO PRAY WHEN LIFE HURTS
By Roy Lawrence
Scripture Union. 143 pages
ISBN 1 85999 674 4
Many Christian readers have become wary of books that begin with the words 'How to'. And when the subject is a matter like prayer, a degree of suspicion is understandable.
Roy Lawrence's book is not simply an essay in 'how to pray', however, but how to pray in difficult circumstances. Indeed, some of the chapters cover important pastoral issues: how to pray when you feel guilty/anxious/depressed/are grieving, etc.