Sarah Geringer lives on the same square mile near Tilsit, Mo., where her ancestors first settled when they immigrated from Germany in the 1880s. She is the fifth generation to live there, and her ...

What is meditation, and how do you begin to do it? St. Francis de Sales wrote a wonderful little book called Introduction to ...

Our resting in God’s presence compels us to seek him in a more expressive form of prayer. If we do not set a time for deeper, conversational prayer, then our time of peace with the Lord will not ...

Bringing together contemplatives to pray in silent community offers not only encouragement to individuals but fosters the ...

Psalm 23:1-4 – Safety in God's Presence "The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Even though I walk through the darkest ...

While pastors respond during Sunday services, ministers in uniform point service members to God’s peace amid uncertainty.

Let us pray. Lord, welcome into your presence your son (daughter) N., whom you have called from this life. ... Let us pray. God, our Maker and Redeemer, in your mercy hear my (our) prayer.

There is prayer and then there is Prayer. One is a request and a desire for help, the other is being in the Father’s presence ...

Prayer is not an opportunity to make demands on God, a guarantee against suffering or an opportunity to show off. Speaker Lois Le Duff addressed misconceptions of prayer before sharing inspiring ...