There’s a story that you may have heard about a young preacher at a small rural church. During the middle of his sermon, his son shouted out “Vroom!!” as he was playing with a paper airplane. The ...

Easter is a month away and coming in fast. If you observe Lent, we’re well into it, but plenty of that season is left for prayer and preparation. Last column I talked about prayer, on a very ...

“All we can do is pray.” These are words I have said and heard a million and one times. Usually, this phrase is uttered out of desperation. It is expressed after we have done all that is humanly ...

Finding peace in the midst of current events is not about withdrawing from the world or pretending that everything is fine.

When a crisis hits, what comes first — prayer or control?

We are told that one should pray for: believers, community, compassion, courage, deliverance, an end to poverty, endurance, our enemies, everyone, financial stability ...

Each week during confirmation, our church’s version of teenage faith education, we open with and close with a prayer. I ask students to take turns offering the opening and ending prayers. The goal, of ...

One of my favorite Bible passages on prayer is found in the gospel of Luke (18:1-8). Luke 18:1 says, “And he (Jesus) told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Several faith leaders and top doctors gathered for a brief prayer service in front of Mercy Health Saint Mary’s on Monday afternoon. As the prayer wrapped up, a woman at a nearby ...