prayer

Prayer might be defined as a conversation between a person and someone not physically present (i.e., a Saint or God). Many people take prayer very seriously, and there are forums and blogs devoted specifically to prayer.  Prayer can also be interchangable with the word "thought" in pleasantries such as "I'll be thinking of you" or "My thoughts are with you."

Bloggers many times use the tag prayer in the Judeo-Christian sense of the word, and may tag a post in such a way to illicit prayer from their readers or alternatively to communicate that they are available for prayer or are praying for a specific person. Prayer may also be used in conjunction with a book review or movie review that covers the topic. However, other world religions such as Islam and Hinduism use variations on the same idea, and followers use prayer as a tag as well.

Prayer is generally one of the less devisive tags one can use when speaking about ones faith and religion.  To pray for someone or to ask for prayer is a gesture which builds bridges rather than tears them down.  Atheists, specifically, however might see prayer as a problem because it promotes hope and faith in something they see as mythical and ultimately untrue.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “prayer”

 

• Dear Mr. and Mrs. George Mueller

  
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  Recently my husband and I received an unusual envelope. It was addressed to Mr. & Mrs. George Mueller. Yes, our last name is Mueller, but my husband is most definitely not George. He is, in fact, Greg. I laughed at the obvious mistake, realizing immediately that the sender must have come from a Christian circle. ...
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• (World) Eric Metaxas Goes After ‘phony religiosity’ at the annual National Prayer Breakfast

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  Speakers at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the nation’s capital usually keep their talks diplomatic. After all, the room is filled with ambassadors, lawmakers from both parties, Cabinet members, and people of various faiths from around the world. But Eric Metaxas, the featured speaker Thursday morning and ...
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• Psalm 73:1-3

  
  Lent & Beyond — Authority: 419
  Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart. (Psalm 73:1)       Holy Spirit, please bring me to purity of heart so that I may know God’s full goodness. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. (Psalm 73:2)       Jesus, you have helped me up when my ...
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• A Prayer for the Provisional Feast Day of the Dorchester Chaplains

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  Holy God, who didst inspire the Dorchester chaplains to be models of steadfast sacrificial love in a tragic and terrifying time: Help us to follow their example, that their courageous ministry may inspire chaplains and all who serve, to recognize thy presence in the midst of peril; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who ...
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• A Prayer to Begin the Day

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  O Heavenly Father, who hast filled the world with beauty: Open our eyes, we beseech thee, to behold thy gracious hand in all thy works; that rejoicing in thy whole creation, we may learn to serve thee with gladness; for the sake of him by whom all things were made, thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. --American BCP
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• 3rd February 2012 Mark 6:14-29

  
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  John the Baptist Beheaded King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”  Others said, “He is Elijah.”  And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of ...
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• Coventry Cathedral and the Litany of Reconciliation

  
  PATRICK COMERFORD — Authority: 111
  The Cross of Nails in Coventry Cathedral (Photograph; Patrick Comerford, 2011) Patrick Comerford Our prayers in the chapel of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute this morning [3 February 2012] drew on the Litany of Reconciliation from Coventry Cathedral. Coventry Cathedral is celebrating its Golden ...
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• Thank you for that, and then some!

  
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  Still one of the old phone photos…almost there. So as you know I was having a rough around the edges kind of day yesterday…actually this whole week has not been the peachiest week I’ve ever had. By the time I left the office all I desperately wanted to do was curl up and play dead for a bit…but Nicola ...
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• On Groundhog Day: 12 Winter Depression Busters

  
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• The Touching Story Behind The Praying Hands

  
  Psychic Bloggers — Authority: 110
  Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with 18 children. Yes, eighteen!In order to merely keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost 18 hours a day at his trade, as well as any other paying [...]
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• ([London] Times) Church pays homage to Queen with Jubilee prayers

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  The Church of England has published three new prayers written to mark the Queen’s Jubilee this summer. Two of them are part of a new celebration liturgy and are intended specially to be said by children. The main prayer, commended for use thoughout the land by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Dr Rowan ...
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• A Prayer for the Feast of the Presentation

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thee that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
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• A Prayer Life or A Life of Prayer?

  
  Seeker — Authority: 104
  Image from Wikimedia Commons Today is the feast of The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas). It centres on the story told by Luke in chapter 2: 22-40 of his gospel, featuring Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and 2 elderly people, Simon and Anna. The old woman Anna is the one who often doesnt get ...
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• A Prayer to Begin the Day

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  Look upon our lives, O Lord our God, and make them thine in the power of thy Holy Spirit; that we may walk in thy way, faithfully believing thy Word, and faithfully doing thy commandments; faithfully serving thee, and faithfully serving our neighbour; to the furtherance of thy glorious kingdom, through Jesus Christ ...
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• Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for February 2012

  
  Catholic Exchange — Authority: 433
  GENERAL INTENTION: Access to Water . That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life. An estimated two-thirds of the earth’s surface is water. For most of us all we need to do is turn on a tap for clean water for drinking, cooking, and bathing. Water seems so cheap and ...
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• A Prayer for the Feast Day of Bridget of Kildare

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  Everliving God, we rejoice today in the fellowship of thy blessed servant Brigid, and we give thee thanks for her life of devoted service. Inspire us with life and light, and give us perseverance to serve thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, ...
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• On Conservativism

  
  Bitter Harvest — Authority: 121
  Another word word for conservativism is “ separatism ”. If you look at the world today, you see both the world from bygone years, and the world of tomorrow. For all through human history there have been those forces,  in the human condition, that have sought to maintain a kind of singularity within various ...
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• A Prayer to Begin the Day

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 482
  O God, who hast made the earth so fair, and written thy glory in the heavens: Help us inwardly to respond to all that is outwardly true and beautiful, so that as we pass through things temporal we may never lose the vision of the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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• For My Portion Give Me Christ

  
  Samuel at Gilgal — Authority: 468
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• Luke 1:13 – Zechariah: A Faith Example

  
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  Daily Devotional Bible Verse But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. (Luke 1:13 ESV) Zechariah is not a name that is mentioned often when faithful men of the Bible are spoken of. He is ...
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