Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster
Week 13: Conclusion — A Call to a Life of Prayer
Read the Conclusion of Prayer by Richard Foster.
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Foster brings his survey to a close not with a summary but with an invitation — to step fully into the life of prayer as a way of life, not merely a set of practices. These questions help you name what has changed and what you want to carry forward.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Foster closes by returning to his opening theme: prayer as the heart's true home. Having journeyed through twenty-one forms of prayer, does that image feel more real to you now than when you began? In what ways?
2.Foster emphasizes that a life of prayer is not built in one dramatic decision but through the steady accumulation of small, faithful choices — showing up, day after day, in the presence of God. What small, sustainable practice of prayer are you most drawn to beginning or renewing?
3.Foster returns to the saints and teachers he has cited throughout the book — Teresa, John of the Cross, Brother Lawrence, Julian of Norwich, the Desert Fathers. Which of these figures has most intrigued or moved you? Is there one whose writings you feel drawn to explore further?