Once a person recovering from alcohol or other drug addiction has established the way of life suggested by the tenth step for maintaining the benefits of recovery (see A.A.’s Step 10: A Way of Life), ...

Editor's note: On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis prayed for the dead as well as for the priests, doctors and nurses who he said represented the "saints next door" during the coronavirus pandemic. Over ...

Given religion’s importance to many Americans, one might expect that religion and spirituality would be a significant consideration in essential areas of life. Certainly that is the case with ...

My specialities include spiritual abuse/institutional harm recovery, along with family of origin/childhood work specifically with the immigrant, first/second generation population. I also address ...

There are many kinds of abuse — physical, emotional, and mental. But there’s one you might not even know about: spiritual abuse. Spiritual abuse is one of the hardest types of abuse to overcome ...

In 2007, marking the one-year anniversary of my open-heart surgery, I returned to the hospital where the procedure was performed. Thankful I had come through the surgery successfully, I wanted to ...

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The summer of 1964 seems to have given birth to a rank-and-file movement for spiritual recovery in mainstream Protestantism. New organizations are springing up to combat theological dilution within ...

Many spiritual traditions teach the wisdom of "beginning again." In Judaism, this concept is often expressed as teshuvah, which can be described as returning to one's true self and purpose--or turning ...