A COVID Serenity Prayer. We need the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. By Lucy McBride.

The serenity prayer starts with a reality check, "grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change," forcing us to accept that some things are simply out of our hands. This is especially ...

As popular as it is, few people seem to know or even care about the origin and authorship of the Serenity Prayer. It was conceived in a little stone cottage in Heath, Massachusetts, by theologian ...

Most of us have heard The Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. As a lifelong ...

A sobriety medallion used in an addiction recovery program, imprinted with the Serenity Prayer. Joe van petten/Flickr, CC BY-SA. Niebuhr did not believe that prayers should be copyrighted, she ...

The Serenity Prayer as a guide to US foreign policy by Robert A. Manning, Opinion Contributor - 08/09/21 7:30 AM ET. by Robert A. Manning, Opinion Contributor - 08/09/21 7:30 AM ET.

Using the Serenity Prayer to Build Trust: So much of recovery—whether it’s from a mental health condition or addiction—involves trusting ourselves, believing we can overcome our challenges.

The Serenity Prayer in all of its forms rests on Niebuhr’s hard-won sense of history’s tragic dimension, borne of his experience of two world wars and a global depression.

It’s so easy to get stuck in a pseudo-acceptance that turns passivity into a spiritual virtue, when what we really need to do is take action and change the situation.