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”

 

• School prayer: 50 years after the ban, God and faith more present than ever

  
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  By Lee Lawrence, CS Monitor, June 16, 2013 Atlanta—At the adolescent-unfriendly hour of 7:10 on this rainy spring morning in tiny Loachapoka, Ala., classes won’t start for another half hour in the public school. But already the science lab at Loachapoka High School is coming alive with the banter of 13 teens ...
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• Prayer in Time of Grief

  
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    O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.       Hattip to A Catholic Mom in Hawaii.  Since the death of my son Larry I have [...]
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• Said Prayers are Dead Prayers

  
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  Why do you write and use written prayers I was asked at a recent workshop? Aren’t said prayers dead prayers? Aren’t spontaneous prayers the only living prayers? Isn’t the Bibe the only acceptable written word to be studied, memorized and quoted? These are important questions that all of us need to think about ...
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• Acts 2:16-21

  
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  But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: (Acts 2:16)       Help us, Holy Spirit, hear and receive the words of this prophecy. ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh; (Acts 2:17a)       Jesus, pour out your Holy Spirit upon all of ...
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• Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

  
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  The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in ...
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• A Prayer to Begin the Day

  
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  O God in whom all fullness dwelleth, who givest without measure to them that ask; Give us faith to ask, and faith to receive, all that thy bounty giveth; that being filled with all thy fullness we may as thy faithful stewards impart thy gifts to all thy children; for Jesus Christ’s sake, Amen.
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• Funny Prayer Western Wall Jerusalem Joke

  
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   Funny Prayer Western Wall Jerusalem Joke A CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. She went to check it out, and going to the Western Wall, found him, walking slowly up to the holy site with a worn cane. She ...
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• 8 Ways I am Praying for the Beautiful Children of Our Church

  
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  Children praying during a time of worship at Vacation Bible School in 2013. I previously posted that children are easily the most beautiful site in the world. Still, I was struck anew this year during Vacation Bible School of how thankful I am for the children of our church. This year, as I took pictures, I was ...
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• Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

  
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  The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in ...
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• My Son’s Job

  
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  My son may lose his job because he and his boss do not get along. He loves the job. Please pray he will humble himself, and pray his boss will change his heart and keep my son on the job. He has a family to support.
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• Optimistic

  
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  It felt great to get those feelings off my chest.I actually feel a little better and optimistic now…Feelings bottled up inside can be a drag on your soul….I am more optimistic about everything I am going to accomplish inspite of controlling family or jealousy and envy from others.I know what I want in my life as I ...
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• Oppression

  
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  I am persuing my life goals.This year has been a disaster.I looked up my birth mother.I am nolonger interested in having anything to do with her.After, meeting her I know I don’t want her in my life.I moved off on my own in the world to build my life.I faced oppression…So, I moved my daughter and I to Washington.I ...
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• Prayers for My Ex, Me, and the Kids

  
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  Short version here: ex told me she wanted to go back to California about 6 weeks ago. Technically we broke up at that time also. Lived together with her kids who I’ve raised for the past 5 years, and discussed working things out, I changed the things that bothered her, etc. We’ve had problems over her ...
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• I Need a New Start

  
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  My husband and I are divorcing. I have two children 2 and 8. I have no job and I am being evicted from my apartment. I need a new direction and want to secure a life for my kids. its really hard when you have been at home for so long and suddenly have to figure out how to make a living that will support a family of ...
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• Patriarch Kirill Urged Believers to Attend Church More Often

  
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  ______________________________ On Sunday, on a visit to the Estonian capital of Tallinn , Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev of Moscow and all the Russias urged Estonian believers to attend church more often. He said, after a service in a newly-consecrated church, whose foundation was laid in 2003 by his predecessor, ...
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• Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

  
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  The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in ...
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• A Prayer for Father’s Day

  
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  Found here and used in worship yesterday: God our Father, you govern and protect your people and shepherd them with a father’s love. You place a father in a family as a sign of your love, care, and constant protection. May fathers everywhere be faithful to the example shown in the Scriptures: steadfast in love, ...
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• Prayers for the People of St. James the Just Parish in Ogden

  
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  Friend of the Blog Fr. Erik Richsteig had a shooting in his parish during Mass .  The victim is in critical but stable condition.  Fr. Erik says he will be OK.  The shooter was the victim’s son-in-law. Father, heal the victim completely, give grace, wisdom, knowledge, understanding and skill to his caregivers; ...
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• prayer dynamics

  
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  Rev. E. Anderson GOD’S CALL FOR INTIMACY Intimacy with God From All About Prayer Intimacy with God . . . what is it and how is it attained? There are many methods, and sometimes it seems hard to accomplish. Feeling led to approach this subject from a different angle; I decided to share what I’ve ...
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• Prayers for the Journey

  
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  This week’s collection of prayers on the  Light for the Journey   Facebook page. God my heart has heard you say: Come and talk with me. And my heart responds: Lord I am coming. Be my light for the journey, Lead me along the right path, Show me your love, Teach how to live. (inspired by Psalm 27). Christine ...
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