First, I fidget. I cross and uncross my legs, fold and unfold my hands, bow and raise my head. I discover muscles I didn’t know I had, muscles that twitch, quiver, itch, and ache. So I waste several ...

Take FM 1960 deep into north Houston, past the big box stores, service stations and ugly strip malls. Wheel down a side street, and stay alert for the change. When the air turns cooler and the trees ...

The life of prayer is a process that has great advances and setbacks. There is no monotony when it comes to spending time with God. For those who commit themselves to pray, there is a daily adventure ...

Centering prayer is catching on among Protestants in South Korea. "Nearly all Protestant prayer revolves around seeking something from God" says Reverend Lee Min-jae, a Methodist pastor from Eunmyung ...

The “ Women of the Bible: Nameless Women” Bible study at St. Paul’s explores how the roles of women shape scripture. In the Bible, there are over 600 nameless women, and many of them played notable ...

Characteristic of our times are the many uses and abuses of the Bible. What is the meaning of a biblical passage and how do we find it? This question divides Christians into a variety of camps, often ...

Long ago, Daniel Berrigan told me a tragic story about being invited to speak to a packed church of cloistered nuns somewhere on the East Coast in 1965. They wanted him to read from his latest book of ...

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

St. Teresa’s thoughts on encountering and living with God are much shaped by her position as an outsider to the hierarchical world of her day—a woman, and someone from a Jewish background. With rich ...

Pope Francis has issued a new wide-ranging set of guidelines for how the tens of thousands of Catholic women religious living in contemplative communities around the world should regulate their ...