Exploring the first part of C.S. Lewis' 1945 article "Work and Prayer" where he asks the question "If God is all-wise… doesn’t he know what is best? And if he is all-good, won’t He do it whether you pray or not?" This question leads Lewis to consider whether petitionary prayer - asking God for things - is a lower form of prayer, and form some conclusions about what prayer is and what it isn't. Here Lewis introduces us to the awe-inspiring concept that God (as Blaise Pascal puts it) gives to us "the dignity of causality.” That is, how God has allowed us to participate with him in affecting the world through both work and prayer.
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