Praying — this is what we do — because we are human. I don’t mean the blessing over the wine Jews say before a Friday evening Shabbat meal —“Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech Ha-olam, borei p’ri ha ...

Country music artist Garth Brooks in 1990 sang on his second album, “No Fences”: "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers." Some religious types, in an effort to protect God from criticism ...

“You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the prayer of his lips.” Psalms 21:3. “Praise is due to you, O God of Zion; and to you shall vows be performed, O you who answers prayer!” ...

As someone drawn to absolutes, I have always been haunted by the words of St. Ignatius about the Examen. He writes, “If you prayed no other prayer, you should at least pray the Examen once a day.” As ...

How well do you know the Our Father, or the Hail Mary? Not just the words, but how these prayers developed, and what they have meant—and continue to mean—to generations of Catholics. Do you know the ...

On Sunday, Pastor Abby Norman arrived for the morning service at New Hope Methodist Church ready to preach about gun violence, but the members of the tiny southeast Atlanta congregation beat her to it ...