Never Pray Again by Aric Clark, Doug Hagler, and Nick Larson
I heard about Never Pray Again from a friend and was completely intrigued. I visited the authors' website, Two Friars and a Fool, and read, listened, and watched for a couple weeks. I found I really connected with what they had to say. Never Pray Again focuses on something that has unsettled me for a long time: Prayer. The premise of the book is that "prayer is often a substitute for action." It makes us feel good, and it's something we can do quickly and then forget about. Kind of like a narcissistic, religious form of slacktivism. The authors start out with a bang, explaining how this attitude is basically "Zombie Christianity." Yes! I loved the parallel between the message of this book…