Flannery O’Connor was not a casual Catholic. “What people don’t realize is how much religion costs,” she writes in “The Habit of Being,” a collection of her letters. “They think faith is a big ...

How should one pray? Not even the Psalmists or the disciples knew the answer. The Psalms are filled with pleas for God to place words on the tongues of believers; the disciples were even so bold as to ...

When contemplating the Lord’s Prayer; we need to use words so that we remind ourselves to consider carefully what we are asking for, not so that we may think we can instruct the Lord or prevail upon ...

Augustine’s Confessions is the story of a soul. It is the account of a soul that once had a rigid, fairly intelligible story for itself. For some thirty years, Augustine told the same story of his ...

When I was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease a dozen years ago, it hit me that I didn’t believe in God. Maybe “hit me” is too strong a way to put it. I just gradually realized that I wasn’t praying ...

The last two Fridays, we’ve looked at the heart of prayer. We’ve been reminded that, at its most essential level, prayer is not just reading a list of requests to God, but rather, responding to God’s ...

From left, community members and leaders Bruce Richardson, Dave Steenbarger, Dr. Terry Terhune, Larry Hovee and Don Prichard pray during the 32nd Annual Greater Greenwood Mayor's Prayer Breakfast ...

A group of faith-motivated volunteers led by local Pastor Marty Calderon hosts monthly community walks that blend prayer and ...