A recent In Light of the Gospel post relates the thoughts of Patrick Henry Reardon about how hard it is to teach prayer:

Because prayer is so deeply personal, the most prayerful people in the Bible seem downright reluctant to discuss it. The Apostle Paul, for instance, who exhorts us four times to pray always (Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17), gives us precious little idea how to go about it.

Moreover, Paul rarely speaks directly of his own prayer. He permits the veil to be lifted slightly on occasion, but normally only when he has some other point to make (for example, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10). Perhaps we best discern something of Paul’s life of prayer from the many times that he cites the Book of Psalms.

The post goes on to cite Samuel’s mother, Hannah, as a paragon prayer.

How did you learn how to pray? Is it even teachable?