For a long time, the Lord’s Prayer (also known as Our Father) seemed like an old, outdated pair of pants to me. It didn’t really fit anymore. Pulling an old pair of pants out of my closet, I ask myself: Did I ever think these looked good? Looking at the Lord’s Prayer, I asked myself: Did I ever think “lead ...

FILE — A woman reads her bible.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder) Editor’s note: The following column is an excerpt from “This Dangerous Book” by Steve & Jackie Green.”  Sometimes it’s the unassuming gesture that makes the most profound impact on your life. We never set out to build a museum for the Bible. We were happy raising our children and helping to ...

Editor’s note: The following column is excerpted from “I Loved Jesus in the Night: Teresa of Calcutta—A Secret Revealed” by Paul Murray. I had my first glimpse of Mother Teresa more than thirty years ago. The place where we met was an unexpected place: not in the streets of Calcutta among the poorest of the poor, not in a hospice for ...

Editor’s note: The following column excerpted from Lauren Green’s new book, “Lighthouse Faith: God as a Living Reality in a World Immersed in Fog” (Thomas Nelson, 2017). I have no doubt that there are places on earth with spiritual powers. They are abodes of solace and security—places like churches, of course, but also bucolic settings of verdant meadows, quiet rivers, or ...