At an emotional hearing where he was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife and children, a ...

In my younger, decidedly anti-Christian days, I did not like the way Christians asked God for mercy. It reinforced my idea that “the Christian God” was cruel and punishing. After all, if God was a ...

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“Bickle’s actions in having Deborah Perkins pray Psalm 51 … after sexual encounters was another layer of his manipulation.

Fr. Julian Studden’s The Psalms as a Way of Prayer Lenten Mission retreat has been conceptualized with the frustrated beseechers of the Lord in mind.