When we are young we grow physically and get bigger (and if you are a parent you know just how frustrating and expensive that can be!) and as we get older we also grow mentally, both intellectually ...

Next Wednesday, Christians begin a special period of preparation that leads up to the Holy Days before Easter. The reason for this Lenten season is to practice spiritual discipline that enables one to ...

NEW YORK — A new interdisciplinary professional organization focusing on spiritual care, the Spiritual Care Association (SCA), was announced last night. It has been established with the goals of ...

Three leading Christians on growing in Christ. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a pastor, cofounder of the Rutba House, and author of The Awakening of Hope: Why We Practice a Common Faith. In learning the ...

Co-author of ‘The Lenten Cookbook’ sheds light on history and resurgence of piety. Theologian Scott Hahn is delving deeply into Lent this season, with a new book on its history (that includes seasonal ...

Essentially a very long list of disciplines that Christians should practice (e.g. prayer, Bible study, fasting and solitude), Moore's book is frustratingly tedious, saying little that his target ...

Byron K. Borger has always believed in the power of the written word and how it nourishes the soul. For 31 years, he and his wife, Beth, have owned and operated an independent Christian bookstore in ...

Forget being exotic and elite; it’s all about becoming more like Christ. The phrase "spiritual formation" expresses the most important process in the world. But it also drives me crazy. Although I ...

More stressed-out Americans are seeking out spiritual retreats to decompress, unplug and reset, the Washington Post reports. Revenue for “wellness tourism” has increased by 14% in recent years, from ...

Christians in Hampton Roads and around the world are preparing for the arrival of Lent, which begins Wednesday for Catholics and Protestants, and on March 14 for Orthodox Christians. Lent is observed ...

On a recent Saturday morning in my car, I heard a somber interview with Scott Simon and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, about the Trump administration's plans to downsize the State ...