The tradition of writing prayer guides reaches back to the early centuries of the church, to Origen and Evagrius and to the many treatises on the Lord’s Prayer by church fathers. The tradition has ...

The Arizona Legislature has a new policy when it comes to prayer. House Majority Leader Steve Montenegro, a Republican, adopted an invocation policy Jan. 27 that defines prayer as a "solemn request ...

This Sunday in the Scripture readings at Mass we hear about the importance and power of prayer. In our society, there’s a widespread curiosity in prayer. Even among unbelievers, people are interested ...

All Christians agree that it is important and recognize it as central to Christian identity and practice. Some Christians are very good at it. Others struggle with it. Many Christians secretly do not ...

As Christians, we are called to be a people of prayer. Oftentimes, prayer is solely associated with asking things of God. While supplication is a part of prayer, it has always been seen as one of the ...

The badness of these two books about prayer is more than coincidental: It suggests that prayer, on its own, is not a viable subject for study. After all, it belongs to the definition of prayer that it ...

Modern-day information sharing and communication technologies have experienced unprecedented advances in the past several years. Communication methods associated with cell phones, smart phones, email, ...

When someone is sick, we are asked to pray for them … and if they die, it’s often said that it was the will of God. But if they recover, the power of prayer is often given credit. Do you think enough ...

'Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a color TV . . . ," The lyrics from the Janis Joplin hit "Mercedes-Benz" tend to be how many view prayer -- God as cosmic department store. But is that an appropriate way ...

A: When I talk to children about prayer, I tell them that there are only four types of prayers: Thanks, Gimmie, Oops and Wow! I have them stand up and scream with me ...