Elaine Petry, director, Fine Arts Department at Perfecting Faith Church, Freeport: When I was a child in the late 1950s, prayer was common in our Southern proverbial "village" consisting of home, ...

Telling parents and godparents to teach their little ones to pray from the time they are small, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel as their older brothers and sisters looked on -- ...

At our house, bedtime prayers begin with a game we call "Three Good Things." Fresh from their evening bath and dressed in pajamas, my children join me on the bedroom floor to reflect on the day's ...

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Phillip Garside discusses the benefits of prayers of supplication pertaining to ...

Learning how to pray as a family isn’t about perfection. When I was a kid, my parents made it a point to gather us for family prayer every evening – no matter how chaotic the day. I can still picture ...

No matter if we are big or small, there is a longing in our hearts to shorten the distance between God and us. “Teach us to pray,” the disciples implored Jesus. “Teach your children to pray,” the ...

Jesus was praying. Spurred by his example, one of his disciples asks him to teach them how to do it. John the Baptist had taught his disciples; you teach us. There’s a lot to unpack in those few ...

The pastor who preceded me at Arcade served the church 40 years. Bringing change to this congregation would be either a supernatural work of God or professional suicide. My first sermon at Arcade ...

The Reformation reemphasized the birthright of the priesthood of believers. The consequence of this doctrine in the realm of prayer is far-reaching in terms of privilege but also of liabilities. It is ...

Rabbi Simkha Teper, of the township of Faleschti, in Soviet Moldavia, and a former rabbi in the town, Rachmil Draznin, were tried in a “Comrades Court,” convicted of “teaching pupils to pray.” and ...