Missouri House backs constitutional amendment on school prayer
Missouri House members overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday night intended to ensure students can pray privately and voluntarily at public schools. »
Thursday, Apr. 6, 2006
Monday, Apr. 3, 2006
Sheriff’s prayer calms church
When there is dissension among the flock, sometimes a sheriff’s got to pray. »
Sunday, Apr. 2, 2006
The efficacy of prayer
That study finding no evidence to support the effectiveness of intercessory prayer says more about the limitations of science than it does about the efficacy of prayer. »
Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2006
A child’s prayer answered
I was raised by a single parent, as my mom didn’t live with us. I went to junior high school, while my sister attended high school. One day when my sister had left the house for school, I realized my dad was very ill, so I asked him if I could stay at home and take care of him. He said no, so I then went to school myself. »
Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2006
Doctor to measure prayer’s healing effects
Polls show that the majority of Americans believe in the healing power of prayer. But Dr. Gary Elkins isn’t content with leaving the matter to conventional wisdom. He wants hard facts. »
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006
Rockland women to join millions worldwide for day of prayer
Hundreds of women from Rockland County will celebrate World Day of Prayer on Friday, joining millions of Christian women across five continents. »
Chapel marks 12 years of 24-hour prayer
Every Wednesday for more than a decade, Mary Grimes, 90, has prayed from noon to 1 p.m. at the Montgomery Area Adoration Chapel at Our Lady Queen of Mercy Catholic Church. »
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006
The power of prayer – online
A new Web site now allows Romans to submit their prayers to the Almighty via the information superhighway. »
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006
Online Resource Has Responded to 60 Million Prayer Requests
As near as Bill Keller can figure, since 1999 he and his team of 700 retired pastors have responded individually to around 60,000,000 requests for personalized prayers. That’s a lot of requests for divine help from liveprayer.com, the online resource Keller, a successful businessman-turned minister, founded to reach out to those who wouldn’t normally seek spiritual guidance from a conventional source like a church or clergy member. »
Monday, Feb. 13, 2006
Practically Speaking, Prayer Works
Why pray? Do I really think my little prayer is going to change God Almighty? Can I convince the Creator of the universe to do something just because I ask? »
Monday, Jan. 9, 2006
Study Seeks to Test Power of Prayer
Natalia Kraft has a pretty good reason to believe in prayers: This past year, she survived breast cancer. »
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005
Answering a prayer: Injured tot smiles, laughs, wiggles toes and fingers
Lisa Wenger and her family will never forget the morning of Dec. 9. »
Monday, Dec. 12, 2005
An answered prayer
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Rev. Lance Eden and his immediate family prayed for help. »
Monday, Nov. 14, 2005
Power Of Prayer: Church And Hurricane
Last month the final hurricane shelter closed in East Texas. For almost two months, relief resources were put to the test across the area. For the most part, it was the church that responded to the need of thousands. KLTV 7’s Clint Yeatts went back to one of the first churches to open its doors to hurricane evacuees to find out how the church passed the test. »
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005
UK Charity Offers British Forces Personnel Prayer By Telephone
A UK charity has launched a unique telephone prayer service to British service men and women and their families currently based in Germany. »
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005
Plane lands on a wheel and a prayer
Some passengers prayed as an Air New Zealand jet circled Auckland Airport yesterday with suspected damage to its landing gear. »
Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005
Knitting a tapestry of prayer
Last weekend our family stayed in the home of a friend in Orange Beach. It was hard to miss the basketful of colorful yarns and plush, hand-knit shawls draped over the couch and chair. »
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005
Priests take a hike and find lost glasses
It must be a vision thing, sacredly speaking. »
Monday, Oct. 17, 2005
High Tech Prayer Breakfast draws 1500
Rising at the crack of dawn Oct. 7, more than 1,500 Atlanta technology executives crammed into the Cobb Galleria Centre to hear Miami Dolphins executive Wayne Huizenga Jr. speak. Only they didn’t come to hear tales of the gridiron; they came to hear the word of God. »
Friday, Oct. 7, 2005
Coast Guard couple credits faith, prayer for successful rescues
Commander Scott Kitchen describes the United States Coast Guard as one big family, and after Hurricane Katrina, that family participated in what he calls “the biggest rescue effort since Moses.” »
Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2005
Prayer list prompts woman to donate kidney to stranger
Jacqueline Lackney didn’t know Jude Cooper, but she noticed the woman’s name on the Glad Tidings Tabernacle bulletin prayer list. »
Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2005
WR answers a hometown girl’s prayer
Warner Robins might not be the biggest city around, the most historic or the prettiest. »
Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2005
Prayer may have saved life
Mike White needed to leave his Bucyrus home at 5 a.m. Saturday to set up for the Cruise-in Car and Hot Rod Show at Walston Motors. As he was preparing to walk out the door, the church-going man thought, “Should I pray now or do it later?” »
Monday, Aug. 22, 2005
Prayer, faith and a cool miracle
A favorite prayer of mine includes a bidding for a “childlike faith in God,” at which point my mind often wonders, “What would Granny Steele think?” »
Friday, Aug. 5, 2005
Pub serves up free prayer with a pint
A PUB landlord said yesterday customers were queuing up for his offer of a free prayer along with a pint. »
Sunday, Jul. 10, 2005
Shark-attack victim’s tale inspires others
Book and movie deals, a fragrance line and a popular Web site were the last things on Bethany Hamilton’s mind the moment she lost her left arm to a tiger shark in Kauai, Hawaii. »
An amazing answered prayer
It was the hottest, busiest two weeks of work my husband, Steve, and I had ever experienced in the mission field, and we were exhausted. As we walked out of our last meeting that Sunday afternoon in Astrakhan, Russia, we felt we could finally relax. Lunch with the pastor, an evening of rest, a morning flight back to Moscow for a couple of days of recovery, and we’d be on our way back to the states. »
Sunday, Jun. 12, 2005
Support of many helps pastor’s wife overcome brain damage
Debbie Yeske came home from her job at a church day care center with an excruciating headache. She took a bath while the rest of her family sat down to eat. »
Thursday, Jun. 9, 2005
Prayer and church may slow Alzheimer’s disease
Going to church may not only be good for the soul, but good for the mind as well, say Canadian and Israeli researchers who found that religious practice may slow the insidious progress of Alzheimer’s disease. »
Sunday, May. 29, 2005
Faith, prayer: armless guitar player plays on
The first time people see songwriter and singer Tony Melendez they usually wonder how he can possibly play guitar. Melendez, a thalidomide baby born without arms, seems an unlikely musician. »