Instead of being a perfunctory opening or closing line, prayer as worship can become the heart of the service, drawing the people into God’s story and inviting them to respond with devotion, awe, and obedience.

Here are ten powerful morning prayers drawn from the lives of great Christians. These expressions of devotion can inspire your own daily practice, bringing peace, focus, and strength.

In our grab-and-go culture, meals can easily become rushed moments, devoid of reflection. Yet throughout history, followers of Christ have paused before eating to offer a prayer before meal times.

A video taken at a Coldplay concert allegedly exposing a couple having an affair went viral earlier this week. The Grammy Award-winning band’s “kiss camera” surprised the couple during Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

For his request to the Make-a-Wish Foundation, 12-year-old football fan John Sperring hoped to meet Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. “He’s a very humble player and always puts God first in his interviews,” Sperring said of the 23-year-old pro athlete.

Tim Clinton, head of the American Association of Christian Counselors, has long been accused of plagiarism.

In my experience, there are three parts (Recruit, Train, Retain) to this process, so I’ve included my 7 Steps of recruiting, training and retaining church volunteers.

Being a pastor is hard. Not all the news about pastors is discouraging, but there is a hidden pain of pastors that we need to address.