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 ...

This is Sidewalk Stories, a collaboration between Crosscurrents and the East Bay’s Street Spirit newspaper where we hear from ...

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 ...

Hope no dey. When everything you believed would work out is now falling apart in your hands. When you've crossed every "t", ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, in effect. “If you cling to me as a human friend, a warm presence, that’s ...

Regardless of what transpired previously, Jabez was confident enough to ask God to, “Bless him and to enlarge his territory.” He wanted, “God’s hand to be with him,” and for “God to keep him from evil ...

Father, hear our prayers for the salvation of the world. Grant mercy to all souls that turned away from you. Open their hearts and minds with your light.

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