In 1978 another couple accompanied my husband and I to pick up a boat windshield. After gently placing it and fastening the trunk down with a ski rope, we happily headed home. I turned around and saw the trunk lid was up. Was the windshield gone? How could we replace it? »
For Steve Friskup, roping, riding and religion go together like prayer and praise, horses and sweat, families and fun. »
AUSTRALIA’S biggest congregation proved the potency of Christianity with a pop-culture twist by drawing thousands of people to the opening of its annual conference last night with a high-volume pop-rock beat and a call to end poverty. »
A Hancock County family say it’s a testament to the power of prayer. »
Twenty-one years ago, Tom Allen was recovering for a heart attack and spending his days at home alone. »
For the past 10 years, thousands of people have sought information, assistance and spiritual guidance at an unlikely location: a shopping mall. »
Tyrone Hickman II, 14, said he was healed of a serious disease because of his family’s faith in God. »
Hundreds of people surrounded Fresno and Clovis (California) Saturday offering prayers for a safe and prosperous community. »
Today marks the beginning of the Jewish observance of Hanukkah, a joyful eight-day celebration also known as the Festival of Lights. »
ONE in three Scots still believes in the power of prayer despite a big decline in church attendance, according to a survey. »
WEST BENGAL, INDIA — “You’ve got one month to live. I’m sorry,” the doctor somberly reported to Paranjoy. After traveling from hospitals to temples in search of a cure, it seemed he had lost the battle. Paranjoy and his wife, Bakul, could not believe his life was over, when it seemed like their life together was just beginning. »
The skipper of a crew that narrowly escaped a fast-moving fire aboard a fishing vessel off Newfoundland’s east coast Wednesday says all hands feel lucky to be able to describe their harrowing encounter. »
NAZARETH, Israel — Dressed in his embroidered robes, the Rev. Andreas Elime steps from the altar of St. Gabriel’s Church and into the view of the Web cams on the church’s marble pillars. His voice fills the empty 250-year-old sanctuary with a Greek Orthodox hymn, while a computer on a nearby pew transmits personal blessings to three Americans thousands of miles away. »
CURRUMBIN girl Chantelle Cowham has been dubbed a hero by lifeguards after dragging 15-year-old surfer Jake Miller from the water in what she called an act of God. »
Joni and Friends is a Christian organization that, among other things, donates thousands of wheelchairs to over thirty different countries. »
Every community wants something to benefit its citizens help them grow. That is just what Angel Food Ministries at First Baptist Church of Trumann is doing. »
For a church that’s involved in mission work, it seemed a natural extension for its Vacation Bible School to carry the same philosophy. »
Years ago a priest friend showed me some daily schedule pads that he had made up for himself. At the top was a line for the date and the heading “To Do Today” and then 15 lines for the various things he wanted to accomplish. The basic difference from similar pads was that on lines 1, 5 and 10 it had “Pray” and on line 15 it said “Thanksgiving Prayer.” »
Three years ago, Cass Forkin, who is in the job of granting “twilight wishes” to frail elderly people, visited the home of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Bensalem. »
With help from Houston’s religious leaders, members of the Houston Police Department bowed their heads in prayer Monday at the start of National Police Week. »
Detective Jeff Hidy breathes deeply from the one and one-third lungs he has remaining and declares this “a blessed day.” He utters the phrase at every opportunity from a mouth that never loses its delighted grin. Blessed day, indeed. For Hidy, every day on earth feels like a bonus. »
Most of us have had occasions where we cried out to God, “Why?” It may be an illness, the suffering or loss of a loved one, financial problems or another issue that is difficult to endure. »
I get lots of e-mails from sick people and from the friends and families of sick people asking me to pray for them, and I always do. They are strangers to me but they are not strangers to God. Perhaps that is why praying for strangers does not seem foolish or odd or difficult to me. Really I am just praying for a friend of my friend. I just received such a request from my daughter Mara, whom I always call Moochie. Henry is a friend of Moochie’s who has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It may be treatable, but he does not know yet. This is my prayer for Henry. »
My 81-year-old grandmother taught me the verse, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. And the peace of God which transcends us all, understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus,” from Philippians 4:6. »
Historically, science hasn’t embraced the connection between faith and health, but today an increasing number of studies show spiritual practices, including prayer influence our health. »
Walk through any bookstore, and you’re likely to run across one of author Stormie Omartian
Are health care professionals (HCPs) spiritual? Spirituality is defined here as an ongoing relationship with God regardless of whether one is healthy, chronically stressed out, or sick. I encourage fellow HCPs to pray for, and with, their patients. Regardless of their belief system, HCPs have the ability to grow in practice depth, humility and compassion toward their patients, and model the concept of abundant wellness to those who are interested. »
You give them credit when you overcome an illness or disease. But more and more doctors say they don’t deserve all the praise. »
The Bible is full of accounts of miracles. Some say they are just metaphors to explain a truth, while others say otherwise that they truly are miracles. And of course there are those who say there is no such thing as a miracle. »
When Sister Chaminade Kelley needs to make a prayer request, she can now do it with the click of a mouse. »