We have four kids now. That idea is still settling in for us. They are 6, 4, 2, and old enough only to be prayed with in mom and dad’s arms. We started praying with them very early, just basic prayers ...

What this artsy trend among Christian women shows us about offline spirituality. Lately I’ve been more than a little intimidated by the pictures people are posting of their Scripture art-journaling on ...

How should one pray? Not even the Psalmists or the disciples knew the answer. The Psalms are filled with pleas for God to place words on the tongues of believers; the disciples were even so bold as to ...

Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor is seen in a Sept. 22, 1959, photo, sitting on the steps of her home in Milledgeville, Ga. Elizabeth Coffman, an associate professor of film and digital media at ...

The last two Fridays, we’ve looked at the heart of prayer. We’ve been reminded that, at its most essential level, prayer is not just reading a list of requests to God, but rather, responding to God’s ...

A Prayer Journal by Flannery O’Connor; edited by W.A. Sessions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 96 pages In 1952, Flannery O’Connor’s novel Wise Blood introduced American readers to ultra-nihilist street ...

“Choose today to start recognizing His hand in your life,” Teresa Bell encouraged. “As you do, you will come to understand His will for you, grow closer to Him and our Savior and gain a firm assurance ...

A work of art created by David Schmidt, whose exhibit on the IDF was previously featured in the Journal, is a large “meshaberach” prayer for the well-being and the return of the hostages. While it’s ...

Prayers are a particularly usable form of literature. And because they are composed by human beings to answer our most intimate needs, the stock of prayers always grows and changes. One scholar, for ...