Has anyone asked you to pray for them, especially for some specific intention? Maybe the person is seeking for healing from a health problem, or is searching for a suitable job or even a mate for ...

Arlyn Lawrence writes in "The Other Great Commission?": Carrie was a casual acquaintance from church—an outgoing person with a quick smile and ready words of encouragement. But something in my spirit ...

In a series of talks in 2011, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the efficacy of intercessory prayer. He used the biblical patriarch Abraham as an example — reminding us of how Abraham prayed to God for ...

Too often, our practices of intercession are thin to nonexistent. The Reformed tradition shows us how to revive them. We live in a world full of public trauma and tragedy. Most mornings, we wake up to ...

Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is "yes ...