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Thanksgiving
Healing
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Seasonal
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Does prayer work? What research has found
How to pray: a practical guide
Prayer and the body: what science measures
What is contemplative prayer
A short history of Christian prayer
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FAITH IN PRACTICE
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Faith in Practice
The questions
Does prayer work? What research has found
A short answer that is more interesting than yes or no.
May 2026
Prayer and the body: what science measures
What happens between your skull and your soles when you pray, according to the people with the equipment.
May 2026
The practice
How to pray: a practical guide
What two thousand years of practitioners agree on, and where they part company.
May 2026
What is contemplative prayer
The Christian practice that has been quietly producing what Buddhist meditation researchers measure for fifteen hundred years.
May 2026
The history
A short history of Christian prayer
Two thousand years in roughly fifteen minutes, with the interesting bits foregrounded.
May 2026