(ThyBlackMan.com) What is prayer? In simplest terms it is talking with God. Knowing how to pray, however, is not enough. We must learn to pray effectively. That means we must pray in such a way that ...

Eid ul-Adha 2025: Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha 2025, also known as Bakrid, Eid-al-Adha, or Eid-ul-Zuha. This important Islamic festival is also called the “Festival of ...

Jewish liturgy can feel archaic or demanding, but its oldest words still have something to say to our most contemporary struggles, writes the host of the “Thoughts and Prayers” podcast. Several years ...

Here are a few points which will help you improve the quality of your salah Here are a few points which, inshallah, will help you improve the quality of your salah in terms of improving the prayer ...

Charles, a brilliant history major in his senior year, tells Tom, his academic mentor, that he has decided to enter a divinity school. With no little empathy for the young man, his professor responds, ...

Even though we know we should pray constantly, many—if not most—of us would confess we don’t pray as often as we should. But I don’t want this to be just a “drive-by guilting” about prayer. Could the ...