Religion

Pastors have to deal with controversy like everyone else at some point in their lives. Followers of these high-ranking Christian leaders can show prudence and faith by avoiding gossip and instead...

Reading the Bible in a year requires determination and perseverance, but need not require a a big time commitment. The Bible is available online for you to read at your leisure, or you can join an...

The opportunity to teach children Bible stories can be one of the most rewarding opportunities you will ever have. Children are eager learners, and with a little preparation and planning, they,...

Often, one can find themselves very busy, and find it hard to connect with deity, the Earth and the Elements. Here is a quick easy way to do just that. It can be done daily to get your day off to...

How do you measure success? You first need to ask yourself this question before following these steps on how to be successful in life. Some people gauge their success on how much money they make...

Spending time immersed in God's word is crucial for individual Christians, as is weekly church attendance. But small group Bible studies can be a fruitful and rewarding supplement to the...

Catholics preparing for Lent, the 40 weekdays between Ash Wednesday and Easter, should approach the season as a 40-day spiritual journey, complete with a road map, itinerary and supplies needed to...

Zen walking (or kinhin) meditation punctuates two periods of sitting meditation (or zazen), according to the website ZenSpace, so that practitioners can rest and stretch their legs. In Zen walking...

The Amish are Christian people who believe in living simply. They place great value on being part of their community, separate from more modern society, and their dress reflects both the...

Attending church is an important part of life as a Christian, but sometimes weekly services aren't enough. Organizing a small group of people for regular Bible readings is a great way to...

The church bulletin is the first element of worship in most church services. It serves to welcome newcomers and members alike and to help everyone follow what's going on. It is a way of presenting...

Whether you are worried about 2012, a hurricane, earthquake, or just hard times, there's an easy way to make sure you'll have plenty of food to eat at the end of the world.

Learn how to solve your problems better. This is a self help manual that gives the essential practical information and insights about this important life skill and makes it easy for you to just...

Once the Christmas and Year Holidays are past and we are all recovering from the stress of the hustle, bustle and expenses thereafter, and then comes the happy love celebration of Valentines’ Day....

All Catholic churches will help prepare you and your child for the sacrament of First Communion, but here's some information if you want to get a head start.

The Zen macrobiotic diet espouses a natural balance of food, or yin and yang, for health. Eating locally grown foods, especially whole grains, is encouraged, while pesticides and chemicals are...

Centering Prayer is a form of Christian contemplation--a lifetime practice of opening your soul to God's presence. Practicing Centering Prayer, while simple in form, challenges the one who prays...

Christians have faithfully intoned the "Lord's Prayer," also called the "Our Father," for centuries. To pray the simple phrases of the prayer is sufficient prayer for a lifetime. In Matthew's...

Though the Lord's Supper is served in a public service, as a memorial it is only appropriate for certain individuals to participate. It is never an offense to pass the tray of elements without...

What does taking responsibility for your life mean and are you doing that?

Today's world is full of stress. One of the oldest and best ways of dealing with stress is through meditation. The problem with meditation is many of us do not know how. The following steps are...

The Bible can seem like endless pages of unintelligible rambling...or like a disconnected collection of inspiring poetry and beautiful prose. But when you understand "the big picture",...

Perhaps you are new to town, or something in your life has changed, and you are looking for a church to call home. What should you look for in a church? What is the best way to "church...

When the Apostle's ask Jesus to teach them how to pray, He gave them a model we call the Lord's Prayer. We can use this model to strengthen our own prayer life.

Sacred geometry is the study of the forms and patterns that shape creation. Its teachings come from the philosophers and mystics of ancient Egypt and Greece, who sought to understand how the world...

It's a well-known fact ... The Twilight and New Moon saga (books and films) are making headlines globally. Google analytics studies suggest that one of the more popular online searches is,...

Cloaked in uncertain origins, but usually attributed to Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, the Serenity Prayer can help provide direction for individuals who find themselves baffled by life's...