Within the Christian tradition, there are three principal ways to pray. Each of these ways are umbrellas that cover vast and diverse forms and types of prayer. The first way of prayer is vocal. It’s ...

I was very happy to see your editorial by Erick Erickson in your Saturday Jan. 4 edition about eternity. But, what is the eternal? I could illustrate by asking you what time it is. You might look at ...

In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

Here are five types of meditation and prayer practices that help boost our physical and mental health. With the scientifically-proven benefits like reduced stress and improved concentration, you can ...

Mental health has received greater emphasis this lockdown year — isolation, loss of jobs and businesses, the effect on churches and schools and the simple irrationality of the rules can be wearing. It ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon’s Alexa can now help individuals better connect with God thanks to the Abide Flash Briefing skill. On the heels of Amazon Prime Day, users need to enable the ...

Many prophets have come to this world and have gone. They have all been like the windows. Through any window you can see the same sun, the same sky. The one sky that is behind the wall is behind the ...

When it came to Sundays, Light Watkins and his four siblings--three brothers and a sister--had a typical Southern upbringing. They were in church, regularly, at Metropolitan United Methodist in ...

"God" is a big word, and there is no one definition of God. If I may attempt a definition, God is a powerful source of wisdom beyond anything we can understand. God is the living energy/spirit that ...

“You mean, no talking, like not at all?” my sister asked by phone during the two-hour drive to the Royal Way Spiritual Retreat Center in Lucerne Valley. “That’s intense.” It was June 2016, three years ...