I’m a big fan of the Serenity Prayer—you know, ”God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, etc”—and I ...

In this week’s Sunday Gospel, the Lord gives three prescriptions for prayer. The Gospel opens in response to a request, “Lord ...

It means something else, too. There is a person in my life who is using substances and struggling with mental health. “I will never, ever give up on you,” I say to them often. But it wasn’t until I ...

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Sometimes, a small shift in how we pray can be amazingly fruitful. Moving from rote prayer to imaginative prayer can awaken ...

The heat of the summer has officially moved in and with that the day-to-day summer routines become fairly predictable.

The heat of the summer has officially moved in and with that the day-to-day summer routines become fairly predictable. For my ...

Vincent Johnson, a former drug dealer and heroin addict, is now celebrating 31 years of sobriety. His story of redemption ...

I’m not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ask who wrote it. For much of my life it never occurred to me that prayers were the kind of things that ...

Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.

The Serenity Prayer is a tradition in the Alcoholics Anonymous organization: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change ...

Think of it like this, it can be one day or day one!” he offered sagely. “Not you too, Grasshopper!” I blustered, “Why is everyone talking like a fortune cookie?” A prominent figure in empowering ...