Rev. Trish Vanni reflects on the Serenity Prayer as a guide for acceptance, courage, and wisdom in the uncertain year ahead.

The Serenity Prayer is not just for people in addiction recovery programs. As we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask ourselves each day what can elevate our spirits and help us remain resilient?

For two decades, I’ve studied the ins and outs of choosing, everything from its origins at the origin of life to everyday informal decision making. I can distil everything I’ve learned in those 20 ...

The origins of the Serenity Prayer, which usually begins with the words, “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change …, ” has been called into question by the alumni magazine at ...

The Yale librarian who cast doubt last year on the origins of the Serenity Prayer, adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and reprinted on countless knickknacks, says new evidence has convinced him to retain ...

The Christmas season is typically a time of joy, happiness, and bustling social activity. But lockdown regulations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic mean that the coming season will pose unprecedented ...

(RNS) In 2008 I made the front page of The New York Times by asserting that the greatest American theologian of the 20th century probably did not originate the most famous and beloved prayer of the ...

A Yale librarian who cast doubt last year on the origins of the Serenity Prayer, adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and reprinted on countless knickknacks, says new evidence has persuaded him to retain ...