One hundred million people worldwide now have Calm on their smartphones, a meditation app that monetized doing absolutely nothing. The app’s popularity skyrocketed during the pandemic, as anxieties ...

Habitual walkers get to know the traffic sounds around them out of necessity. After all, this is a vehicle-driven culture we live in, and it’s just best that any pedestrian accept that outright.

Some of the moments when I have felt closest to God have come not in worship or prayer, but with a crowbar or hammer or paintbrush in my hand. Don’t get me wrong, as a pastor for over 40 years I love ...

There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth. Meditation and ...

“Finding God in all things” usually doesn’t need the disclaimer that all things are not God, but it might be a helpful reminder for someone pouring their soul into an A.I. chatbot. A recent article in ...

I OFTEN IMAGINE what it would be like to be a visitor for the first time attending one of our Sunday worship services. Some things might be familiar to a visitor, such as the church pews or maybe ...

As we pray the Lord’s Prayer in humility and openness to inspiration, we find immediate help. An article inspired by this week’s Bible lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

Three devotional books to read this month. Wilderness seasons tend to expose the truth about where we are finding our strength, revealing whether it is in God or ourselves. I experienced this a few ...

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 — ...

For years I’d prayed as if my relationship with God depended on it. Now I view prayer differently. For a season in my Christian life, I was known as the go-to person on prayer. If you had a prayer ...

While school offers structure and routine, it’s still challenging to commit to daily prayer amid 8am classes, extracurricular commitments, and making new friends. If you’re anxiously awaiting your ...