In Lent’s middle stretch, when prayer can falter, the saints call us back to deeper communion with the God who dwells within ...

The three spiritual pillars of Lent are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Most of us try to give up something for the liturgical season that precedes Easter, and also try to be more generous. But how ...

There are many and various ways for us to approach and encounter God. There is no one means of prayer has a monopoly over our journey to God. God welcomes and blesses every sincere effort we make to ...

The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...

When a crisis hits, what comes first — prayer or control?

The new pastor at Bridgetown Church, a nondenominational church in downtown Portland, Oregon, has a mission. Tyler Station, also a husband and father of three, wants people to get real about prayer — ...

Members of the Living Faith Christian Center congregation sing a hymn at a prayer vigil in 2016. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.) Listen God is an absolute mystery. No matter what we can say about him, ...

As We Pray, Taylor University’s annual week of prayer, invited worldwide Taylor family members, parents, alumni and Grant ...

This week, our family celebrated a special milestone: my 9-month-old grandson, Thommy-boy, said his very first word — “Baby.” Moments like that remind us how wonderful life can be even during tough ...

“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer or his ...

Now you may remember, because I mentioned it a number of times, our Gospel lessons over the last 12-14 weeks, through the summer and into the fall now, have been Luke's account of the last journey of ...

In the many occasions we witness or experience with congregants, rabbis are asked, “Rabbi, what is the right prayer to say?” And while often, there is a blessing or psalm that matches the simcha or ...