While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, enriching the experience of Ramadan and deepening one’s spiritual reflections ...

An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January.

Memorizing a poem first thing in the morning became a way ... Fleeing His Ultra-Orthodox Life, and Returning: Despite the strictures of his faith, Yehonatan Indursky, the creator of “Shtisel ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists on the necessity of that faith, perhaps as a way of reassuring ...

(OSV News) -- "A poet's worldview and beliefs influence everything he or she writes. Sometimes, those beliefs are stated in ...

who also uses the stage name Lyrical Faith. Though there’s a lot of freedom with the subject matter of spoken-word poetry – “I have heard poems about the most intense warzone-related ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

She painted them with a near spiritual ardour — large, macro portraits of roses, birds of paradise, calla lilies, and the black iris — lavished with colour and something resembling faith.

In celebration of World Poetry Day on Friday March 21st, Millfield Nursing Home in Chesterfield is honouring one of its very ...

The 29-year-old singer and songwriter is set to release 'Forever Is a Feeling,' her first solo LP since breaking out as a ...

grappled with the tensions between the secular world and the temptations of faith. Cohen began to publish poetry and then novels, and was noticed by the national Canadian press. Moving to New York ...