The National Day of Prayer is today, May 4, 2023, when the nation’s faithful renew prayer lives, turn to God with heartfelt requests for this country and also give thanks for all we have as Americans, ...

Some prayers find their way back quickly, like sunlight glancing off water. Others seem to drift into the distance and never ...

Prayer is a focus this month as Americans observe Sanctity for Life Month all throughout January — with Jan. 22 specifically observed as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. The faithful are hoping that ...

Anyone can talk to, praise, or petition God—the essential nature of prayer—but that doesn’t make it easy. How to start? What to say? Christian publishers offer help to those who want to talk with God ...

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 ...

It’s great to have strong faith, to feel confident in what you believe. That way you can “with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of ...

Last summer, I was tempted to give up on praying to God. Up to that point, my life felt like a Looney Tunes cartoon and I was Bugs Bunny trying to escape a haunted house full of closed doors that just ...

E veryone can agree that the undeniable stars of turkey day are the beautifully prepared Thanksgiving recipes gracing the ...

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