A LOT of studies on intercessory prayer have been published in recent years. This research has returned mixed results. Some studies conclude that prayer improves health, while others show no effect—or ...

Praying at church or home for an individual's or group's wellbeing is just fine, but sometimes it's more effective do it in person, some religious leaders say. "There is something powerful about being ...

In at least 3 paragraphs in the article, [1] Professor Gaudia asserts that God "does not exist in the material world" and "cannot be part of the physical universe." Those statements should be ...

Studying the efficacy of prayer is a sensitive topic: Depending on where you come from, you can either consider it offensive even to try to apply a scientific method to a spiritual process, or you can ...

In the “Faith” insert included in the Nov. 30 Missoulian, Matt Runde promotes meditation but unnecessarily knocks the effectiveness of intercessory prayer. For Runde, prayer is some sort of palliative ...

A recent call to a locksmith led to more than I bargained for: a discussion of the Virgin Mary and intercessory prayer. I'd been testing keys from a box left by our new church's former owners when ...

Prayer works for people .its called faith. - Ronnie, a reader An unscientific reasoner will be guided by a confused recollection of crude experience. –F. Galton (1872) The "Prayers and Thoughts" ...

Country music artist Garth Brooks in 1990 sang on his second album, “No Fences”: "Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers." Some religious types, in an effort to protect God from criticism ...