On the days when I get really fearful, I say a tiny prayer. It’s called a breath prayer. During a series my pastor in Connecticut taught on the Beatitudes, he taught us how to say breath prayers — ...

After 50 years leading various congregations in prayer as a Hazzan, an ordained Cantor, I am at a crossroads. Does God hear my prayers? Must I recite every prayer line-by-line, even though, admittedly ...

These prayers rarely appear in books about spirituality. They are too brief, too ordinary, too woven into the fragile rhythms of daily life. Yet they carry a depth that formal words sometimes cannot ...

Today we are talking about prayer and how it is part of the Christian walk. One cannot claim to be a Christian but fail to observe or partake in a prayerful life. Acts 1:14 (AMP) 14 Shows how the ...

Prayer has been called a lifeline for people who are serious about walking with God. The beauty is that God also hears the prayers of those who do not walk with Him. The word prayer means to ask, ...

Prayer is a familiar word that we hear every day and is usually associated with something being wrong and needing to be fixed. I receive emails and texts on a regular basis from those who are having a ...

The historian of liturgy Hughes Oliphant Old once observed that “prayer, particularly Christian prayer, uses biblical language. . . . The Bible contains a vast number of paradigms for prayer and a ...

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 ...

The Christian prayer app Hallow is presently available in more than 350 prisons in nearly every state, as part of a partnership with an online Catholic university. "It means so much to us to be able ...