Each High Holiday season, we return to the same liturgy. Year after year, the same words, often the same tunes. The repetition and comfort in the familiarity of the prayers often highlights what we ...

On the days when I get really fearful, I say a tiny prayer. It’s called a breath prayer. During a series my pastor in Connecticut taught on the Beatitudes, he taught us how to say breath prayers — ...

His work synthesizes pagan philosophy, Jewish and Islamic reflections upon God, and, most centrally, the Christian understanding of both God and nature. That Aquinas could see their points of ...

Christians recite the sacred word as a daily discipline to reach the centre of their being, says Christopher Mendonca Meditation in the Christian tradition is meant to keep the practitioner aware of ...

This week, our family celebrated a special milestone: my 9-month-old grandson, Thommy-boy, said his very first word — “Baby.” Moments like that remind us how wonderful life can be even during tough ...

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Lately, my prayers have become a form of artistic expression: Carefully chosen words, praise reports like songs, and sometimes pissed-off pronouncements entwined with polite requests that I please not ...

It’s tempting to think of prayer as tame, but I don’t tend to go there anymore. Last year, our then 22-month-old grandson was accidentally burned. The details are not necessary, but it was a jarring ...