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 ...

In times of trouble, people say the Serenity Prayer in search of peace because it's hard to practice letting go and accept what is in front of you. After all, it's not easy to allow God to handle the ...

We are all familiar with the Serenity Prayer, "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that must be changed, and the wisdom to know the ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

In 1941, an early member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) brought theologian Reinhold Neibuhr’s now famous Serenity Prayer to the attention of the nascent recovery movement. Bill Wilson, who co-founded AA ...