The core of Christian prayer is humility. Such humility is displayed when hearts acknowledge their sins, call upon the name of the Lord, and seek his mercy. It is his mercy that opens the door to ...

It's understood in Catholic spirituality and theology that any of us can pray to God at any time. The Bible emphasizes relationship to God, as sons and daughters to a Father. That said, there is also ...

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 ...

We all have our favorite prayers, novenas, devotions and aspirations. One of mine is a prayer that seems to have fallen out of popular use lately: the ancient “Te Deum”, commonly attributed to St.

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 ...

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 — ...

God is always speaking to us. One reason we worry, feel fear and experience disjointedness and confusion is that we don’t realize that the answers to our questions and the balm for our suffering are ...

Ms. Sherbill is the author of “There Was Night and There Was Morning: A Memoir of Trauma and Redemption.” This year keeps breaking our hearts. A partial list: a divisive presidential election seeding ...

According to Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, so begins the prayer that Jesus taught us. Not only was Ms. Eddy’s use of “Father-Mother” well ahead of 19th-century gender politics, ...

Are your prayers boring or bold? Are your prayers asking God for things or are you seeking Godly wisdom and direction in your prayers? According to Craig Groeschel, founding and senior pastor of ...

Too often, our practices of intercession are thin to nonexistent. The Reformed tradition shows us how to revive them. We live in a world full of public trauma and tragedy. Most mornings, we wake up to ...