If prayer is important for your family, then passing the prayer tradition onto your kids is a great way to share a meaningful experience. These Thanksgiving prayers for children reflect on a child's ...

A: You are referring to the way I teach about praying to children. I explain to kids that even though there are millions and millions of prayers that go to God every day, there are only four kinds of ...

One of the unanticipated purposes of this column over the past several decades has been to point out with love and pride ways that our belief in God and God's love for us sneaks into our world in ...

Join Josh, Ollie, and their resident priest Chris as they dive into a collection of unexpected children's prayers. From ...

A: When I talk to children about prayer, I tell them that there are only four types of prayers: Thanks, Gimmie, Oops and Wow! I have them stand up and scream with me ...

I’m told that in the moments following my birth, my parents laid me in a little bundle on my mother’s chest, placed their hands on my tiny body, and prayed for me. They prayed over my life’s direction ...

Each night, Vernon Holden sent up a prayer from the Arkansas prison in which he was incarcerated: Please, God, take care of my kids. Help them find a good home. Far away, in the little town of Alma, ...

“You, mother, father! Teach your children how to pray,” admonished Pope Francis in his weekly catechesis on the family in Vatican City. By finding time to pray, we “give time back to God,” rediscover ...

Once upon a time, the vast majority of Americans were affiliated with a particular faith community or tradition: Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, or Jewish, for ...

Q: I remember reading an article of yours that said there are four things we say to God. I sort of remember one of them was “oops,” but I don’t recall the others. Appreciate any clarification you can ...