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When grief makes prayer feel impossible

My best friend died in a car accident last month and everyone says prayer will help me grieve, but every time I try to pray I just get angry at whoever might be listening.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Profound loss can transform prayer from comfort into confrontation with questions too painful for easy spiritual resolution.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Prayer — does it work? what the evidence shows?”

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