Have you ever been asked to say grace before supper? Not a problem. There are dozens of beautiful ways to give thanks. Your dinner prayer could range from symbolic and lengthy to short and simple. Go ...

Jeannetta Scriven is pictured holding a Thurman book in her son's library that houses the remarkable book collection of her late husband, Rev. Charles Scriven. When I was a new chaplain at Big Bend ...

Woven together with passages from the Prophets and the Psalms, from Talmudic sources and medieval paytanimm, the mahzor was fashioned to evoke a powerful spiritual response from each of us. Since the ...

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. Follow this theme and author posted Sunday through Saturday. As a Christian ...

As a Christian minister, I naturally find the words of Jesus inspiring. We think of Jesus as personifying God's unconditional love, and he does. However, how often do we recognize how intelligent he ...

The Psalms, says theologian Eugene H. Peterson, are God’s gift to those who want to learn how to pray. “If we wish to develop our entire heart, mind, soul and strength, the Psalms are necessary,” the ...