I had the pleasure of joining my friend Tripp Fuller on the Homebrewed Christianity Podcast to talk about prayer and my book, Abiding in Amen  (Fortress, 2025). Tripp is a colleague in the United Church of Christ and a brilliant theologian. We had a really fun conversation ranging from AI to baseball, all to get at why prayer feels impossible. Please go have a listen to the episode and do let all your friends know about it.  https://www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2026/03/13/the-reason-prayer-feels-impossible-and-its-not-your-fault-w-wes-ellis/   https://youtu.be/FjGS2JbmtVs?si=MBBz3Omyzs0pjVd8  " In a world shaped by achievement culture, algorithmic distraction, and the modern obsession with controlling outcomes, prayer has been quietly turned into a self-optimization project, something you master, measure, and feel guilty about not doing enough of — and Wes wants to blow that whole thing up."