and never profited from its popularity – though friends would gift him with examples of Serenity Prayer kitsch, such as wood carvings and needlework. Yet the best-known version of the prayer is ...

It’s known as the Serenity Prayer. “God, grant me the serenity ... It only comes after we’ve done our best. After we’ve insisted and resisted and acted to transform what’s so into ...

Niebuhr did not believe that prayers should be copyrighted, she writes, and never profited from its popularity – though friends would gift him with examples of Serenity Prayer kitsch, such as wood ...