Rabbi Balfour Brickner takes a new approach to religion and spiritual matters by using the metaphor of his garden. Each of the 10 chapters of his book, "Finding God In The Garden," takes readers ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the 8/30/1997 issue of America. Two years ago America published a collection of 25 brief essays by a number of notable personalities (9/30/95).

During times of turbulence in politics, culture, and religious life, it’s tempting to hold tightly to current convictions. Allowing a change of one’s mind or heart can be difficult work. With this in ...

Bishop David L. Toups of Beaumont, Texas, swings a censer in front of the monstrance during Eucharistic adoration July 20, 2024, at the final revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at ...

Very often spirituality is thought of as something that is done in temples, meditation rooms, or during complex rites. We associate it with silence, incense, chanting, and an absolute withdrawal from ...

Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned about ...

For NPR correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty, religion is more than just a beat. Hagerty was raised as a Christian Scientist and grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories of healing illnesses ...

Encyclopedia Britannica describes God as "... supreme supernatural or preternatural being that is the creator or sustainer or ruler of the universe and all things in it, including human beings ..." It ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In John Paul the Great, author Peggy Noonan describes a friend who asked the question, "How do you find God?" Noonan replied ...

Larry Fleet's "Where I Find God" doesn't ask listeners to be perfect in their religion, or to be at church every week; in fact, its message is pretty much the opposite of that. Its lyrics remind us ...

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on ...