As a hospital chaplain, I hear the prayers of patients who are hurting, sick and discouraged. Their private prayers are often so amazing that I've wished I could share them with my readers, but their ...

As a hospital chaplain, I hear the prayers of patients who are hurting, sick and discouraged. Their private prayers are often so amazing that I've wished I could share them with my readers, but their ...

Life appears to grind to a halt for two hours every Friday morning in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City. Dust seems to be suspended, frozen even, in the air. The children play noiselessly in ...