In our lives as Christians, as we seek to live a life of prayer, we are encouraged and aided by the example and witness of the Lord Jesus himself. He shows us how to live as the children of God. He ...

There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

These Easter prayers are just what you and your family need to hear during Holy week. Read and recite the blessings to ...

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in a Sept. 22, 1959, photo, sitting on the steps of her home in Milledgeville, Ga. Elizabeth Coffman, an associate professor of film and digital media at ...

Many years ago, a couple of teenagers I worked with were in a serious car accident. Soon after the accident, I heard a youth minister tell the young driver that if he prayed hard enough, his buddy ...

For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page, which includes Rossing's current Living by the Word column as well as past magazine and blog content. For ...

It’s not perfect, but the Sinner’s Prayer is a work of genius. Southern Baptists—of all people!—recently debated the propriety of the Sinner's Prayer—of all things! What's the world coming to when we ...

Interceding in community is vital to the Christian life. A young Chinese woman with a rare chronic disease spent most of her days in darkness in the early 20th century. As Christiana Tsai lay in her ...