All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Tawbah (repentance) prayer is an act ...

To many Protestants, the phrasing of the Lord’s Prayer in the King James Version is almost as sacred as if God himself had composed its stately English prose. Last week, at its sixth General Synod in ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. The prayer is the greatest pillar of ...

How an ancient prophet’s prayer answers our modern outrage. Last fall, a friend from church was distraught. She forwarded me a video that has since gone viral and left her confused and alarmed. When I ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Jesus teaching his disciples the Lord’s Prayer. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 emphasizes God’s ...

(RNS) December 1955, Holt Street Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. That day, a courageous community activist, Rosa Parks, had been forced off a city bus and jailed. That night, a hurt, angry crowd of ...

(RNS) December 1955, Holt Street Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. That day, a courageous community activist, Rosa Parks, had been forced off a city bus and jailed. That night, a hurt, angry crowd of ...

To the Christian observer, it might seem like a pretty strange quirk of Judaism that only once a year do Jews focus on forgiveness. Normative Christianity sees the human soul as tainted by sin, sin as ...

Forgiveness was something I first encountered in the dark silence of a Catholic confessional as a child. I still remember the heavy wooden booth, the tiny grate that slid open with a reverberating ...

“Uh, Father? You forgot to give me a penance.” I was sitting in my pastor’s study, a much younger man than I am today, my cheeks tear-streaked and my shame revealed. I had not planned on confession ...