Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations, Lifehacker’s weekly dip into the pool of stoic wisdom, and a guide to using its waters to reflect on and improve your life. Instead of praying for certain ...

On June 20, communities from around the globe celebrated World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations as an international day to acknowledge the strength and courage of people forced to flee ...

Job stresses, family problems, marital strife — life can be difficult at times, and it's easy to lose track of ourselves and our priorities when things are especially tough. One way to calm us down, ...

Grace Homeyer is only 13, but has prayers to last her a lifetime. Grace is on the Prayer Chain at First Presbyterian Church, something her mother Shelley Homeyer said has helped with some of the ...

The journalist was fortified by the Rosary during his imprisonment. After Foley’s execution by militant Muslims, his family and community pray for comfort. James Foley's parents, John and Diane, talk ...

Shall not we your sorrows share And from worldly joys abstain? Fasting with unceasing prayer Strong with you to suffer pain. — “Forty Days and Forty Nights,” verse 2 (George Hunt Smyttan) Recently ...

PALU, Indonesia — As the sun slipped behind the mountains and a gentle breeze blew onshore, hundreds of people gathered on an Indonesian beach Friday to chant a Muslim prayer — and remember those they ...