The high cost of anti-immigration laws. Why candidates' faith matters. ABC News' exclusive interview with President Obama. U.S. Hispanics choosing churches outside Catholicism. Three U.S. Congressmen tour the Canadian tar sands. Who are the death penalty's most ardent supporters? Investors worth a collective $20 trillion (with a T!) call for urgent action on climate change. And God's economy.
God of healing, we pray for all who are sick and suffering from disease, affliction, and addiction. Bring healing and renewal into their lives, and may their being be restored. Amen.
"What is the use of living if not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?"
- Winston Churchill
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"May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from [God's] glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to [God], who has enabled
"No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life suggests that the reason so many of us cannot see the red X that marks the spot is
"Tho' much is taken, much abides: and tho' / We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; / One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by tim
Lord, comfort children living in this country whose mothers and fathers have been deported. Guard child and parent, that all families may be reunited. Amen.
The clean up of Zucotti Park -- announced by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday -- by city workers has been scrapped as of early Friday a.m.
The announcement came shortly after 6 a.m. EST, less than an hour before city workers were scheduled to enter the park near Wall Street where thousands of demonstrators have been camped out for nearly a month.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to lo
God of reconciliation, may I forgive those who have most deeply hurt me. Heal my heart that I may return love for hatred, sweet praise for sour complaints, and good for evil. Amen.