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 ...

The Human Condition in a nutshell: Serenity prayer nails it, and here’s the rest As a prose-lover, I so admire the serenity prayer. To my ears it’s the most exquisite, precise and succinct ...

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 ...

Some say the Serenity Prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ...

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.

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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.

Jamie Lee Curtis will no longer discuss trowma on Elon Musk’s X (f.k.a. Twitter). Today, the Everything Everywhere All At Once actor announced her departure from the site on Instagram—another ...

The ashes placed in the sign of a cross on worshipers' foreheads on Ash Wednesday are supposed to be made from last year's Palm Sunday palm branches, according to the Catholic News Agency.Last ...

Within our circles of family and friends, disappointment exists. To ease their concerns, I have recommended that they read and reflect upon the Serenity Prayer, one version of which states: “God ...