The call to prayer demands a response. We can either hear the call and begin to pray, or we avoid and neglect the call. And so, whether we say yes or no, a response is given. If we choose not to pray, ...

When I was younger, a nun told me that if I only prayed when I was in trouble, then I was indeed in trouble. That maxim was filed away and revived when I began reading Learning to Pray: A Guide for ...

The tradition of writing prayer guides reaches back to the early centuries of the church, to Origen and Evagrius and to the many treatises on the Lord’s Prayer by church fathers. The tradition has ...

Five years ago, Toni Morrison, the late Nobel laureate and prodigious novelist, wrote a short article for The Nation magazine on the occasion of the publication's 150th anniversary. The piece, titled ...

Tanya Britton prays with her dog, Sybil, by her side, while helping to prepare for Mass at St. James Catholic Church in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (Credit: David Goldman/AP.) Listen As ...

Jesuit priest Martin (The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything) argues prayer is for people of all religious traditions and denominations in this astute work. While Martin acknowledges that prayer and ...

Do you want to learn to pray prayers that are heard in Heaven and answered in your life? In James 4, there are a few powerful principles that teach us about the kind of prayer life we need to have. • ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. "Lord, teach us to pray!" So spoke the disciples to Jesus. In making this request, they confessed that they were not able to ...

Continuing on with my series on ‘Spiritual Health Checks’, we turned from the ‘Scriptures’ to ‘prayer,’ writes Rev Jon Bergen ...

In August 2014, LifeWay Research surveyed 1,137 Americans about the frequency and content of their prayer, and the results revealed, among other things, about half of Americans say they pray at least ...