Jared Patrick Boyd, founder of the Order of the Common Life (OCL)—a “missional monastic order reimagining religious vocations for the 21st century”—affirms a communal rule of life that is summarized ...
"Beware the vending machine prayer." This largely unspoken caution ... of this year's pictures focused on the pitfalls of total devotion, especially of charismatic, manipulative and power-hungry ...
Let your morning devotion be a moment of renewal and trust in the One who holds your day ... as well as the Lord's Prayer found in the Gospels, a powerful example of a morning prayer for God's will.
Lavie’s book also has helped resurrect a tradition known as tekhines, or supplications, a genre of devotional prayers recited principally by women who were either uneducated in Hebrew or barred ...