Many Jews find it hard to speak words in prayer that feel untrue. Two Jewish values hint at another way. Prayer is hard for American Jews. Studies bear this out. Even as the percentage of Americans ...

Liturgical texts are only the external, observable part of the experience of prayer, which should lift up the soul. Reprinted with permission from Pray Tell: A Hadassah Guide to Jewish Prayer, ...

We’ve all been there. We find a quiet place, get comfortable, or maybe be on our knees. We close our eyes and hands, folded, ready to pray to our Lord and Savior . . . and crickets. Our mind goes ...

When I was a child, my mom used to talk to my siblings and me about the importance of our words. We were never to use our words to hurt each other or to say mean things. These same rules applied ...

Why does the Lord’s Prayer matter? Let the context answer the question. In Luke’s account, Jesus’ disciples approach. They point to John the Baptist’s practice of teaching his disciples to pray and ...

Composing “prayers of the people” for Sunday worship is a tough assignment. Deciding what to include is the first big challenge. Then there is the tendency to gear such prayers more to worshipers’ ...

Lately, my prayers have become a form of artistic expression: Carefully chosen words, praise reports like songs, and sometimes pissed-off pronouncements entwined with polite requests that I please not ...