Why Doesn't God Talk to Me?
Timothy Keller describes a barrier to his faith (that he overcame) in his book The Reason for God "...While I had “said my prayers” for years, and while I sometimes had that inspirational, aesthetic sense of wonder at the sight of a sea or mountain, I had never experienced God’s presence personally. This required not so much knowledge of techniques for prayer, but a process in which I came to grips with my own needs, flaws, and problems. It was painful, and was, as is typical, triggered by disappointments and failures. It would take another, different kind of book to go into them. But it needs to be said that faith- journeys are never simply intellectual exercises." I like this. I find this helpful. I have not read all of his book, but I hope to. I'm also hoping this is helpful to someone else.