Have you ever been asked to say grace before supper? Not a problem. There are dozens of beautiful ways to give thanks. Your dinner prayer could range from symbolic and lengthy to short and simple. Go ...

As a Christian minister, I naturally find the words of Jesus inspiring. We think of Jesus as personifying God's unconditional love, and he does. However, how often do we recognize how intelligent he ...

The Psalms, says theologian Eugene H. Peterson, are God’s gift to those who want to learn how to pray. “If we wish to develop our entire heart, mind, soul and strength, the Psalms are necessary,” the ...

I mean no blasphemy when I say that dogs teach us how God loves us...purely, for ourselves. Mine is an odd dog, a bit aloof, not demonstrative. Other dogs can't restrain the happiness they experience ...

DARTMOUTH — In December 2005, Marcia Hathaway was given the opportunity to take over an e-prayer chain at the Congregational Church of South Dartmouth. The prayers that were inspired by those requests ...

Virginia Ray of San Rafael uses the sky as one of her most popular canvases. It is the background upon which the 41-year-old artist places hand- dyed paper prayer flags that, once installed, are ...