The National Day of Prayer is a government-sanctioned holiday in which people are encouraged to pray and meditate. Reuters Millions of people across the U.S. are expected to bow their heads in prayer ...

Jesus said, "Peace I give to you, but not as the world gives" and in one way or another the human being longs for real peace. Here is a prayer in three parts that can lead anyone to the peace that ...

Recently, I came across a new collection of prayers by Martin Luther King Jr., Thou, Dear God: Prayers that Open Hearts and Spirits (edited by Lewis V. Baldwin, Beacon Press, 2012). For his birthday ...

James 5:16-18 (RSV) “. . . The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Eli’jah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three ...

A Pentacostal "laying on the hands," circa 1946. Source: wikipedia We’ve had a serious health issue in our family this year, and as such we’ve seen an overwhelming response from friends, co-workers, ...