This article is excerpted from Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone, now released in paperback. Words and phrases can sometimes arise in our prayer. Not every word or phrase that pops into your head ...

As we step into a new month in this sacred season of Lent today, we are reminded of God’s unfailing promise: He hears and answers prayers. In a world where many question whether their cries reach ...

My immediate response was, “Yes, God answers every single one of your prayers!” It’s just that His answer is one of three: yes, no, or wait. When the answer is “yes,” God answers our prayers and His ...

Because I wrote a book with the title Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? I receive letters and emails from readers who give wrenching accounts of unanswered prayers. A man quit his job at a printing ...

This month we asked readers if their prayers had been answered and what they did if the answer wasn't what they wanted. Here is what you had to say: God calls us to pray as a way to seek him and know ...

In a Lenten departure from my movie blogging beat, I’d like to share a development in my family’s prayer life that may be of interest to others. For years we have prayed a daily rosary, a practice ...

How Stormie Omartian turned pain and desperation into a passion for prayer. Stormie Omartian’s books—including The Power of a Praying Wife, The Power of a Praying Woman, and Praying God’s Will for ...

One quarter of our readers say yes. They voted for Option 1: “I believe that God answers my prayers.” It is hard to say exactly what it means for a prayer to be answered. I do know people who believe ...

PRAY FOR ME: The Rev. Bonnie Willow, interfaith peace minister, believes prayer is helpful "because it allows us to feel that something bigger than the problem can bring in a solution." Photo by ...