I’m a College Student: How Could I Possibly Find Time to Pray

by Albert S. Rossi, Ph.D. During an Orthodox College Fellowship retreat last spring, a college student said, "If I put Christ first, the suffering will be great and the joy will be greater." Isn't this an accurate statement about college students, time, and personal prayer? The schedule of a college student is so full of obligations and activities; prayer may seem like a "to do" item that is so intangible, it does not even qualify for the "to do" list. Can it be true that prayer is the one activity in my day that affects everything else? Prayer is listening to God's promptings in daily life.   more...