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? »
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. »
Hundreds of people surrounded Fresno and Clovis (California) Saturday offering prayers for a safe and prosperous community. »
ONE in three Scots still believes in the power of prayer despite a big decline in church attendance, according to a survey. »
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. »
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. »
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. »
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. »
The power of prayer can be beneficial to people with psychological or mental problems, a recent study suggests. »
A neighbor saved an elderly woman from her burning home Sunday morning. »
The Guinness Book of Records has recognized the smallest prayer book in the world: one that measures 4×5 mm (about 0.16×0.20 inches). »
“Dear God, we call upon You to be with each of the Indiana Senators.” »
Harold Bricker has a new lease on life in 2007 - because someone stepped up to save his life in 2006. »
Woman responds to church bulletin. »
Breast cancer patients who pray in online support groups can obtain mental health benefits, according to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research that was funded by the National Cancer Institute. »
Oakland police sergeant says faith has been source of strength for him, others during increase in killings »
Philip Yancey says even biblical heroes such as Moses were willing to talk to God like a friend. »
‘I prayed that God would give me supernatural strength’ »
We are a society dependent on technology. »
Alexander Mejia’s deployment to Iraq was difficult on his parents. »
Teen recovered and went on to earn a college scholarship »
Leanne and Brad Carlson of Olympia say there’s a reason their daughter, Beth, 5, came back from the brink of drowning at a recent family reunion. »
Dutch Sheets has seen the power of prayer. Whether he is praying on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, in airports, or at his church, he has witnessed his prayers make a difference. »
All my life I have been swimming against the tide. Here I am about to challenge a national $2.4 million study, one of those “I-told-you-so” scientific studies that disputes the power of prayer to heal strangers at a distance. »
Doctors at SSM-Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center have a mystery on their hands, but they’ll take this kind of mystery any day. »