Power from the Story

Sometimes telling a story has as much effect on the teller as it does the listeners. Martin Buber, the Jewish philosopher, recalls:

"My grandfather ...

Fortified Within

There are two ways of handling pressure. One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that ...

Don't Blow Your Own Horn

Make sure it is God's trumpet you are blowing--if it is only yours, it won't wake the dead; it will simply disturb the neighbors.

What Is Prayer?

Today the bedrock principle upon which any layperson's approach to prayer should be based is this: pray when you can, where you can, and how you can. ...