Readers respond to the question of how prayer or intention has helped them make it through periods of great physical pain.

There was a war in Southeast Asia, so my brother Roger had to go to Army basic training at a place called Fort Leonard Wood. That’s what my grandmother was doing; she was keeping hope alive for her ...

I celebrated a funeral for an 83-year-old woman named Marion. A few days before the actual funeral, Marion’s daughter came in to make arrangements. I asked the daughter to tell me ...

Not long ago, I was walking through the condiment section of the grocery store and I heard a little child having a hard time breathing. Since asthma also affects my lungs, I immediately felt tightness ...