New Year's Eve Prayer. Lord, our Father, we have gathered as a family to celebrate the beginning of a new year. We want to ...

Heidi Smith, author of ‘The Uncommon Book of Prayer,’ argues that prayer is a way for even the nonreligious to find greater meaning and peace in their lives.

The church in Mt. Comfort is one of several local congregations who, as a new year begins, set aside focused time for prayer and/or fasting. Greenfield Faith Church had a prayer service at 3 p.m ...

Each year at this season Jews mark the start of a new year on the lunar Hebrew calendar. It’s a happy, hopeful time. The custom is to eat apples and honey as a symbol of wishes for a sweet year.

The organization, SVIVAH, invited me to revisit one of my favorite prayers, Ochila La E-l, “I Shall Put My Hope In God,” and to explore what new words might be fitting for this year.