Pope Benedict XVI said at the June 1 general audience that intercessory prayer helps us to grow in deeper knowledge of God and his mercy and makes us more capable of loving others in a ...

Belief in the healing power of prayer is found in various religious traditions. Spiritually grounded clinical interventions, such as intercessory prayer (IP), need to be understood in a broader sense.

Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can ...

How has God ministered to you through the intercessory prayers of others? Who can you encourage with a prayer card today?

Pray without ceasing. Our lives should be a steady stream of prayers, connecting our earthly realm with the heavenly one, and making space for daily encounters with the divine. How, then, do we live ...

Some questions just will not die. “Why is there something instead of nothing?” is a perennial. Perhaps the second-most persistent question is this: “Is yawning contagious?” or “Why is yawning ...

In at least 3 paragraphs in the article, [1] Professor Gaudia asserts that God "does not exist in the material world" and "cannot be part of the physical universe." Those statements should be ...

Talita Prado Simão Miranda, Sílvia Caldeira, Harley Francisco de Oliveira, Denise Hollanda Iunes, Denismar Alves Nogueira, Erika de Cássia Lopes Chaves and Emília Campos de Carvalho The goal of this ...

The case study below highlights the challenge of guiding a church’s prayer life. For help with planning prayer services for your congregation, see our newest download. “This church hardly ever prays ...