What if everything you were taught about prayer was holding you back?In this refreshingly honest and deeply personal book, Martin Otto sets aside centuries of religious tradition to share eight hard-won insights that transformed his own prayer life. Discovered not in a seminary but in the laboratory of real experience, these secrets have been tested across five decades and four continents, from a penniless hotel room in São Paulo to the rain-soaked roads of Slovenia.This is not a book about religion. It is a book about relationship. It challenges the fearful, guilt-laden image of God that keeps so many people from praying with confidence, and replaces it with something far more powerful: the conviction that God is your Father, the direct line is always open, and every prayer is heard.Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, this book will meet you there.Martin Otto's life has been shaped by extraordinary experiences across four continents and nearly as many careers. Ordained after theological studies, he embarked on missionary work in South America before pursuing careers in aviation, travel, and translation. A gifted linguist fluent in seven languages, he eventually returned to university and earned a Master of Education degree. He now teaches French, Spanish, and Italian at a university in New York City.Eight Secrets to Answered Prayer draws on more than five decades of lived experience to offer readers not a theology, but a relationship. Martin lives in New York City with his husband, Llandro.
