Philosopher Douglas Steere contends that prayers of intercession lower the threshold in the person or people or system prayed for "to make the besieging love of God . . . slightly more visible and more inviting." With this image, we can have faith that our radical prayers for justice and the transformation of the Powers are lowering thresholds in systems and institutions and in individual hearts.
— Jane Vennard, Douglas Steere, Embracing the World by Jane Vennard