daily prayer

How Can I Pray If I Don’t Believe The Words?

Prayer is not a statement of belief, but a literary creation -- with all the power, nuance and complexity of literary creations.

How praying daily with ten strangers helped me recover after my wife's miscarriage.

The Shehechiyanu is a blessing that expresses gratitude for new, or special, experiences.

If we lack powers of wisdom and discernment, no other request of God really matters.

The centerpiece of Jewish prayer, recited quietly three times each day, is the meeting place of our human yearnings with God's life-giving energy.

This blessing, traditionally recited for firsts, can be said anytime -- since every moment is new and unprecedented.

This prayer recited as day turns to night helps to acknowledge moments of transition we often miss.

The blessing traditionally recited after using the restroom reimagined as praise for the inner drumbeat sustaining the body.

This prayer, traditionally recited in the evening, envisions God as a guide and shelter.

The simple words of this traditional morning blessing draw us back to the dawn of our mythic creation.