It is easy for us to turn good habits into empty rituals. Ending a prayer with “in Jesus' name I pray, Amen” is a good example. I've known folks who could say that phrase so quickly that it was like ...

The North Carolina General Assembly is reviewing its policies on guest chaplains after Winston-Salem pastor Ron Baity was told he could not pray in Jesus’ name. Meanwhile, the group Atheists of ...

COMMENTARY: To pray in Jesus’ name is to do more than finish our prayers by saying “through Christ our Lord.” It means to pray in communion with the person of Jesus, to turn to the Father together ...

Prior to being hired by the American Jewish World, I worked at the Capitol in St. Paul. I was a writer for what then was known as the Public Information Office of the Minnesota House of ...

James Baker, a member of the Cumberland County Board of Elections, opened the board’s Tuesday meeting with an invocation — a prayer. He ended the prayer “in Jesus’ name.” Such an invocation has been ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that it was constitutional to begin government meetings with prayers, even if they are overwhelmingly Christian in character. The case involved invocations offered ...

President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw ...

Since many of us have school, jobs, or other commitments to attend to throughout the day, nighttime is the perfect hour to refocus, recenter, and reconnect with God. In the silence of night, one can ...