Editor’s note: This story was originally published May 23, 2023. It’s being republished following the recent shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. “On this National Day of Prayer, ...

Why Scripture talks of our entreaties to God as rising like incense. Some prayers find their way back quickly, like sunlight glancing off water. Others seem to drift into the distance and never return ...

These prayers rarely appear in books about spirituality. They are too brief, too ordinary, too woven into the fragile rhythms ...

“Dear God, please make sure the girl next to me gets off the bus before I do. Thank you so much. Amen,” I muttered quickly under my breath with my hands clasped inconspicuously between my lap. Alas, ...

Partisans on both sides of the political aisle are entrenched in a war of words following statements made regarding prayer and its efficacy in preventing mass shootings—part of a broader decades-long ...