It may be timeless wisdom, but the prayer itself isn't ancient. Roy Morsch/The Image Bank via Getty Images I’m not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ...

(RNS) — “Serenity” is not a word many would use to describe the world right now. Perhaps that is why this four-line version of a prayer continues to be uttered as often as it has been since it was ...

As a child, I memorized without understanding a short prayer on a plaque in my grandparents’ guest bedroom. I loved the curlicued lettering and somber tone. Later, I learned that the “Serenity Prayer” ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Scott Paeth, DePaul University (THE CONVERSATION) I’m not sure when I first ...

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