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

The first step in God’s mercy in the case of Sodom was Abraham’s intercession. The prayer of one man was enough for God to be ...

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I stopped dressing up for church. Until then my typical Sunday outfit consisted of either one of my better dresses or a skirt ...

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my ...

The entry and exit of a Muslim in this world are accompanied by music: at birth, the call to prayer ("adhan") is whispered ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tamara Yajia about her memoir, Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star and growing up with her unconventional family in the U.S. and Argentina.

His mind is racing, his emotions are in knots, and he can’t hear himself anymore. What he does next isn’t strategy. It’s not logic. It’s not even action. He listens. That’s what true prayer is. Not ...

Listening to Feya Faku was like caressing a witch while under the spell of Bitches Brew – bewitched, bewildered, but ...

THE moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably ...

Photo for representational purposes only. Faisal Bashir for Kashmir Observer By Aisha Hasnain Last intervening ...

My sense is that these poems might pick up someone’s spirit, they might deposit a resolution regarding some values,’ Forbes ...