The evening before the installation of Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as the 10 th bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia ...

Research shows the brain during prayer activates social cognition networks, reduces stress, and builds measurable neural ...

Do the world's religions and contemplative traditions send people to the same place—compassion, bliss, awe, a sense of God, awareness or the universe?

Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren's new book attempts to translate monkish habits for Christians navigating spiritual desolation in today's comfort-seeking, digitally distracted age.

In his sermon, a priest asked the congregation to think of the most profound spiritual experience that they had had in the past few months, a time when in prayer they had felt the presence of God.The ...

This National Day of Prayer, we honor America’s enduring tradition of prayer, faith, and trust in Almighty God. And as we celebrate 250 glorious years of American independence, we pledge to never ...

“Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds… encouraging one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” — Hebrews 10:24-25 As I write these words, ...

Contemplative prayer is a communion in which the Holy Trinity conforms man, the image of God, ‘to his likeness.’” Yes, the spiritual tradition is still left bouncing and grasping at every possible ...

Training in contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation has become very popular in Western societies over the past several decades, and this widespread ...