I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

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 ...

Binz said this type of reading the Scriptures dates back to ancient times, and the term itself is believed to have originated in the third century. St. Benedict incorporated it as the core of his Rule ...

Exploring the Jewish understanding of prayer. There is an obvious question regarding prayer: If God is omniscient, then He surely knows what we want. And if he knows what we want, why do we need to ...

Which way is transfiguration? Must I go through temptation to get there? How do I get from wilderness to garden, from cross to crown? First of all, because the terrain is trackless and windswept, ...

Happy New Year! Today, many of us are evaluating our routines, hoping to make improvements for 2025. A new year is an ideal time to take inventory of our prayer lives — both individually and ...

Two Baptist chaplains said they were forced out of a Veterans Affairs chaplain training program after they refused orders to stop quoting the Bible and to stop praying in the name of Jesus. When the ...