Elaine Petry, director, Fine Arts Department at Perfecting Faith Church, Freeport: When I was a child in the late 1950s, prayer was common in our Southern proverbial "village" consisting of home, ...

Author Anthony DeStefano's new children's book aims to reclaim Halloween's spiritual roots, teaching kids the true Christian ...

Telling parents and godparents to teach their little ones to pray from the time they are small, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel as their older brothers and sisters looked on -- ...

JEWS REGULARLY RECITE a prayer called the V’ahavtah, which comes from Deuteronomy and Numbers. The word V’ahavtah means “and you shall love” and entreats us to love God with all our heart and soul. It ...

Learning how to pray as a family isn’t about perfection. When I was a kid, my parents made it a point to gather us for family prayer every evening – no matter how chaotic the day. I can still picture ...

No matter if we are big or small, there is a longing in our hearts to shorten the distance between God and us. “Teach us to pray,” the disciples implored Jesus. “Teach your children to pray,” the ...

Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher are passing the importance of prayer on to their children. The couple, who are parents to sons Isaiah, 5, and Jacob, 1, say their older son has already ...