There was no way I was going to church. Life was overwhelming, and I didn’t want to put on an insincere smile and pretend that everything was OK when someone greeted me with an obligatory “How are you ...

Do you talk to God? It might surprise you to hear that, as an agnostic, I bother talking to God at all. But agnostics, while not believing in God, don’t disbelieve either. We hold open the possibility ...

It is natural to our human nature. We like certainty. We like plans. We like to know everything we are doing between now and ...

The Apostle Paul tells us that “The righteous will live by faith” (Romans 1:17). But faith can’t be seen or heard or even touched. It is a quality of the heart within. Yet faith expresses its ...

God is always speaking to us. One reason we worry, feel fear and experience disjointedness and confusion is that we don’t realize that the answers to our questions and the balm for our suffering are ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up “And Jesus, replying said to them, Have faith in God (constantly) ...

Fear often creeps in and makes us feel spiritually unprotected. Use words to calm your heart, reconnect with something ...

Does prayer ever feel like a one-sided conversation to you? You talk and talk, and God never speaks back! One way to deepen your prayer life is to discover God speaking to you as you pray with the ...

I can understand why so many people say they find their church out in nature. I hear that sentiment a lot from people, who then kind of avert their eyes so ours won’t meet, while sheepishly kicking at ...