Do you pray? A recent poll asked this question of a broad sampling of Americans. Most (some 78%) answered "yes." These included both those who attend some form of worship service regularly and those who do not. Are your prayers answered? Again, the poll revealed that most people who pray do find that at least some of their prayers are answered. When we look at the usual gauges of our culture-TV, movies, newspapers, and magazines-we would hardly expect these findings. The secular influences that surround us seem much more the norm than does the head bowed in prayer. Certainly devotees of...

Do you pray? A recent poll asked this question of a broad sampling of Americans. Most (some 78%) answered "yes." These included both those who attend some form of worship service regularly and those who do not. Are your prayers answered? Again, the poll revealed that most people who pray do find that at least some of their prayers are answered. When we look at the usual gauges of our culture-TV, movies, newspapers, and magazines-we would hardly expect these findings. The secular influences that surround us seem much more the norm than does the head bowed in prayer. Certainly devotees of...