San Diego Reader: How long do you spend preparing your sermon? Pastor Cyndi Jones: Usually, I read the Scriptures and think about it. Then I look at what other people think about it and decide whether ...

With the warm summer, I have spent more time outdoors. My dog enjoys every chance to swim and explore the different smells. Being outside has helped me appreciate the beauty and goodness of the world ...

Since the days when the Puritan "city on a hill" beckoned on the horizon of the New World, religious faith and belief have forged America's ideals, molded its identity and shaped its sense of mission ...

Editor’s note: “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” is a new podcast from America Media that focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives. To accompany each ...

Replicable experiences of God according to Francis of Assisi, offered on the 800th anniversary of his death. Never have we needed more to experience God—to feel God. Francis of Assisi was spiritual ...

Prayer is a powerful tool that allows us to communicate with God and experience His presence in our lives. It is a way to express our concerns, worries, and praises to Him, and to seek His guidance ...

Having previously presented considerable and substantial evidence suggesting that the existence of God is more likely than not, it could be further said that if a person believes they have encountered ...

Young adults are currently leaving the church at an alarming rate. Parents are troubled that after rearing their children in the church for 18 years, one semester in university could make them ...

In 2020, I decided to bend my own COVID-19 lockdown to positive ends. I used the enforced solitude to pursue and, I hoped, deepen my personal spirituality. I started reading about Christian mystics, ...

Henry Blackaby, the Canadian pastor and founder of Blackaby Ministries International, who co-authored a groundbreaking Bible study workbook, died Feb. 10. He was 88. Blackaby is the acclaimed ...