One Sunday after worship, a first-time guest said to me, “I appreciated the pastoral prayer.” I forget my response. I was stunned to learn that someone cared about that part of the service. Someone ...

My brother-in-law almost never goes to church, yet he’s much more disciplined in his spirituality than I am. An addict nearly ten years into recovery, he begins every day with at least a half hour of ...

Each High Holiday season, we return to the same liturgy. Year after year, the same words, often the same tunes. The repetition and comfort in the familiarity of the prayers often highlights what we ...

Every Tuesday, from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Rev. Gregory Fryer offers prayers and words of comfort to passersby on the corner of Lexington and 88th Street. Not that he's just standing around on the ...

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the renowned spiritual leader of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), recently set social media abuzz with a powerful prayer session. In a deeply spirit-filled atmosphere ...