Learning how to pray as a family isn’t about perfection. When I was a kid, my parents made it a point to gather us for family prayer every evening – no matter how chaotic the day. I can still picture ...

Years ago, when I first received the one-volume Liturgy of the Hours (“The Divine Office”), it came with a card that had a prayer prefaced with the words: “The following prayer may be said before ...

Prayer possesses a mysterious power that operates beyond the visible realm of answered requests and miraculous interventions. While many approach prayer primarily as a means to change their ...

It’s a difficult thing to share one’s faith with a stranger. It is more difficult perhaps to share one’s faith with a person who already knows all the ways in which you fall short. It’s hard to be a ...

As a young, soon-to-be ordained pastoral candidate, Eugene Peterson had clear expectations about what ministry would look like: “From fairly extensive reading about pastor and priest predecessors, I ...

Learning how to pray the rosary can bless and benefit your life, even if you're not Catholic — or not that religious at all. How does that work? If you’re anything like me and about 26 percent of ...

I first learned to pray from evangeli­cals who converted me at a Christian camp. Prayer was a “quiet time,” reading the Bible and petitioning God, usually at the start of the day. I was encouraged to ...

Leaders from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa offer guidance on interceding for believers suffering for their faith. Each November, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) calls for an ...