Talking with Real Jesus (a.k.a. Prayer)

Prayer.  Most often we treat it like a "wish list".  God, I want...God, give me...  Many times, what we regard as "prayer" looks much more like what I call the "vending machine God" approach.  We put in our time asking ("praying"), push the "amen" button, and then we expect results - as we define them.  We'll sit with a guy in a homeless shelter who got nothing on his prayer list.  And then we'll meet Abe, who loses his job over his rating faith as vital, job as important.  What happens when he lives that faith in steadfast prayer?  Prayer is so much more than wish list fulfillment?  So much more...