Although I always thank God for my wife, it is when we make love that I feel closest to her and to God. Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of the Hassidic movement, said (in Zava’at ha-Riva’sh), ...

Oliver writes that he believed his 2022 book, “Last Goodbye,” was his last, but then he got the writing itch and popped out “ ...

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in ...

We present to you this collection of poems honoring the Virgin Mary written by Thomas Merton ... Begin your evening journey to the hills of heaven, And travel no less stately in the summer sky Than ...

I DON’T care about haram or halal. I’d rather extinguish the fire in hell and burn heaven so that people could start loving God for no other reason than love.’ This statement, as quoted by Shams ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

Australian singer-songwriter Mallrat, née Grace Shaw, serves up a distinctly poetic pop sound on her sophomore album, “Light Hit My Face Like a Straight Right.” ...

DJ Khaled sets the tone with a prayer for protection "as we keep our hands up high ... And he wasn't the first or last to ...

Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday announced a significant investment commitment of Rs 50,000 crore in West Bengal by the end of this ...

Think of a seashell. Don’t think of a conch. In fact, forget, for now, about univalve mollusks entirely. Think of Shell, the ...

Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom ... At the end of this sequence, the following poem-prayer is recited. If miracles thou vain would see; Lo, ...