Ignatian contemplation turns prayer into a vivid, joyful encounter with Jesus — drawing children and adults alike into deeper ...

Trauma-informed spirituality knows better than to promise that prayer will take away all the pain. But it can offer the hope ...

Prayer and meditation offer a powerful pathway to spiritual connection and inner peace. Prayer, an act of speaking to the divine, expresses thoughts and desires.

This isn’t to say one should bottle up their anger or sorrow and lock it up in a prayer, but for the sheer purpose of self-care, prayer and meditation can be useful when we’re barely able to cope.

Meditation & The Jesus Prayer I knew that Rowan Williams, once the Archbishop of Canterbury, knew a lot about Eastern Christian practice, but I did not know that he begins his day with the Jesus ...

Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14c Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Prayer is a mystery. Perhaps because, whatever else it may be, prayer is communion with the living God who is, above all else, a ...

In another passage the Baha’i writings say: “Prayer and meditation are very important factors in deepening the spiritual life of the individual, but with them must go also action and example ...

There’s an old saying that prayer is talking to God while meditation is listening to God. While it’s an oversimplification, the statement nevertheless conveys a kernel of truth.Meditati… ...

Researchers compared the immediate effects of hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and Christian prayer on pain intensity and tolerance. The results suggested that a single session of hypnosis and ...

Deepak Chopra, a physician, is the author, most recently, of "Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny and the American Dream" and "God: A Story of Revelation." June 27, 2013 Prayer and meditation both come ...