Sentences with phrase «public prayer»

No... instead, any sort of public prayer is not permitted in schools.

The issue is public prayer at her local town board meetings, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the civic arena.

Doing this would probably take my focus away from praying a very public prayer that implies that «my enemy» is in a desperate place emotionally.

However, the verse is no ban of public prayer.

- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love «Dad's many charms include a maddening passivity and a penchant for public prayer at Denny's.

Probably Jesus did not include these words; the early church added them, in accord with the general liturgical practice of ending public prayers with an expression of praise.

Supreme Court of Canada reserves decision on practice of public prayer before meetings, Toronto Star

Providing for the spiritual needs of the non-religious not does not include trying to force them into some religion or participate in public prayer ceremonies, it means helping these soldiers identify, live up to, and find inner - peace with their values and principles, same as what it means for religious soldiers.

They all have the same expression on their face during public prayer that most people have while voiding in the wake of a cheese heavy meal.

Washington (CNN)- A dispute over public prayers at town board meetings will be taken up by the Supreme Court in coming months, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the public arena.

Leading public prayer does alienate some people but for those that this is important to why should we critise it?

What is wrong with tolerating a few minutes of public prayer on this, the 10th anniversary.

Vatican City (CNN)-- Pope Benedict XVI delivered his final public prayer ceremony Sunday to a crowd of thousands at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.

He said public prayer was pointless (Matthew 6:6) but to go into your house, close the door and pray in private.

At oral arguments about whether public prayers at a New York town's board meetings are permissible, the high court took a broad look at the country's church - state history and even the Supreme Court's own traditions.

That's your «freedom of religion», but not one student at their graduation should have to feel excluded and that's exactly what public prayer at a tax payer event is doing.

70 % of Americans support public prayer in schools... that alone makes people laugh in the developed world.

As a Wiccan I have my own gods (and goddesses) but I will still bow my head for public prayer even when it is often spoken in Christ's name.

From reporting in The Texas Observer and The Texas Monthly, I learned about the Dominionist supporters of Rick Perry, including a number of evangelists to whom Perry gave leading roles in his huge public prayer service, called the Response, early this month.

BTW, for all you Xtians out there - the Bible specifically FORBIDS public prayer.

Well, as the bible says»... he has his reward for his showy public prayers.

If I had to rely on a relationship with God by gathering with a group of self riteous public prayer performance artists, I would never speak to God.

Eventually I plan to write a book about speaking in tongues and what the Bible teaches about it (Join my discipleship group to be notified when it is published), but for now, I just encourage you to stay away from this practice in public prayer settings, especially when it is used as a means to make yourself look more spiritual and sound more holy.

Considering that Rick Perry wears his religion on his sleeve and makes his Christian faith a center piece of his campaign by offering a very public prayer just before announcing his candidacy, one can't help but wonder if it's his religious devotion that helps define his presidential aspirations or if it's the other way around.

The frequent court battles over public prayers, Ten Commandment memorials and holiday displays might strike some Americans as silly, but they touch on deep questions about national identity to reach back to the Founding Fathers, Haynes said.

There are repeated admonitions against public prayer in the bible, you recall.

>> > «People who insist on praying out loud, or leading public prayers are very ego centered or interested in promoting their religion.»

In a thousand cases across America, in incidents as far - ranging as Boy Scout meetings, public prayers on the Fourth of July, and the display of religious symbols on public buildings, Americans are losing the same privileges by whispering rather than giving voice to their protests.

Jesus warned us: «Beware of practicing your piety before other people in order to be seen by them» — an admonition that applied to all forms of publicized giving, all forms of public prayer, all forms of shared self - reproach.

The coalition then crafted questions to determine where the politicians stack up when it comes to, say, their stances on faith - based initiatives, public prayer and support of the word «God» in the Pledge of Allegiance.

«The words under God» which Lincoln inserted into his Gettysburg Address, one of the greatest of his public prayers, he almost certainly picked up from his perusal of the General Orders that General George Washington issued almost daily to his troops, which Lincoln had studied, in order to learn how to give such orders himself.

I suppose, as I review my motivations, that it was meant both as a comment and a public prayer; but I can also see some showboating (is that the right word?)

Pope Francis frequently invokes the modern martyrs in his public prayers.

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor worried about the effect on local citizens who choose not to stand and bow their heads when asked during a public prayer.