How to pray effectively is one of the most important lessons every Christian must learn because prayer is the foundation of a strong walk with God. Many believers want to grow deeper in prayer but ...

Raising children and teenagers can be tough. It reminds me of the story of a rebellious teenager who was giving his mom fits. She was on the verge of a nervous breakdown when her husband whisked her ...

As the Minnesota winter lingered on in full force in February we found ourselves a second weekend in a row in the nearby conservatory. We wandered through the beautifully landscaped greenhouses ...

Buried deep in the Norton Anthology, George Herbert’s little poem with the unpretentious title “Prayer” is easy to miss. Decorously contained on a half-page with regular rhyme and punctuation, it ...

There's "East Coast rap." There's "West Coast rap." And then there's "Rosary rap." One local Catholic teacher is trying to get kids to pray by rapping. He showed his stuff at the recent Los Angeles ...

What is your prayer for your child or grandchild this school year? Perhaps you’ll be praying for them to have a great school year; to excel academically and push through the pesky roadblocks that have ...

Great figures from church history have much to teach about talking with God. Gary Neal Hansen used to think he had a peculiar prayer life, because his prayers were unlike those of people around him.

One of the areas of pastoral care I think I’m worst at is teaching people how to pray. Part of the problem may be that people are hoping for a simpler method than I am able to offer. They’d like a “30 ...