In our lives as Christians, as we seek to live a life of prayer, we are encouraged and aided by the example and witness of the Lord Jesus himself. He shows us how to live as the children of God. He ...

I knew that Rowan Williams, once the Archbishop of Canterbury, knew a lot about Eastern Christian practice, but I did not know that he begins his day with the Jesus Prayer. More: Readers of Salinger’s ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day. Speaking at the general audience June 9, the pope recommended the short prayer at the ...

“Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by Josef Untersberger. (Credit: Public domain.) Listen The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a ...

Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream with YouTube /not available in the PBS app In 2003, Emmy Award winning filmmaker, author and theologian, Dr. Norris J. Chumley and historian and ...

In a Lenten departure from my movie blogging beat, I’d like to share a development in my family’s prayer life that may be of interest to others. For years we have prayed a daily rosary, a practice ...

It’s not perfect, but the Sinner’s Prayer is a work of genius. Southern Baptists—of all people!—recently debated the propriety of the Sinner's Prayer—of all things! What's the world coming to when we ...

Interceding in community is vital to the Christian life. A young Chinese woman with a rare chronic disease spent most of her days in darkness in the early 20th century. As Christiana Tsai lay in her ...

This Sunday’s Gospel offers another parable about prayer. Each of this Sunday’s readings suggests that God hears anyone who cries out, especially the brokenhearted. As the Gospel narrative nears the ...

Growing in prayer is not simply acquiring a set of special spiritual skills that operate in one bit of your life. It is about growing into what St. Paul calls “the measure of the full stature of ...