Prayer

U.S. 04/10/21, 15:59

A prayer book containing a controversial 'prayer' asking for help in hating white people is causing a stir in the United States. Written by author Sarah Bessey, the book is sold at major department store chains Target, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon, according to American Conservatives on April 8.  The 'prayer' contained in ...

U.S. 01/04/21, 20:24

A Democrat from Missouri created controversy after assigning genders when he ended the opening of the 117th Congress. Several Republicans felt outraged after hearing Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) end the prayer with an unconventional confirmatory response. "May the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace, ...

U.S. 12/12/19, 05:51

When 50 worship leaders met in the Oval Office on Friday, Dec. 6, they all had one thing on their minds—help President Trump by praying for him. They came from across America and elsewhere, to pledge their support for him, at a faith briefing organized by the president's personal pastor, ...

U.S. 10/31/19, 18:52

A top National Security Council official has made it clear there was nothing illegal with President Trump's phone conversation with the Ukrainian President on July 25. "I listened to the call as it occurred from the Situation Room," NSC senior director for European affairs Tim Morrison said in prepared testimony, reports ...

U.S. 10/30/19, 18:06

President Trump is surely a man on the side of God; many evangelical pastors and leaders will attest to that. Twenty-five church leaders and advisers gathered at the White House on Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, to pledge their unwavering support for the president. President Trump was met with a standing ovation from ...

U.S. 10/25/19, 16:03

When the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), Alabama, forced their school district to replace its traditional pregame prayer with a moment of silence, a group of students from Opelika High School in Alabama rose up and recited the Lord’s Prayer in a moment of holy defiance. It began when the ...

U.S. 10/22/19, 18:03

At the beginning of a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday, Oct. 21, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson opened the meeting with a prayer, delivering the statement that “separation of church and state means that the church does not dominate the state, and it means ...

U.S. 10/14/19, 03:58

A high school in Eastern Kentucky is removing a tradition allowing students to submit anonymous prayer requests so someone can pray for them. Now, Pike Central High School students have to find a new way to pray after receiving a complaint letter from Americans United for Separation of Church and State ...

World 09/25/19, 20:28

The students across America and in more than 64 countries were participating in the faith-based annual "See You at the Pole" prayer rally Wednesday morning, Sept. 24. The theme for the event is a Bible verse found in the Old Testament—2 Chronicles 7:14, according to CBN News. "If my people, who are ...

U.S. 09/24/19, 19:14

An amazing encounter between a young man and a deputy at a restaurant in Florida is warming hearts around the nation. Officer Cameron, a deputy with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, and his wife, Justine Tucker, had their dinner at Zaxby's on Saturday night, Sept. 21. A young man named Juan ...

U.S. 09/24/19, 14:42

A self-described chaplain has been asked to stop working with the Valley football team of the West Des Moines Community School District (WDNCS), in Iowa, on praying before and after games.  Accordingly, WDMCS volunteer Chris Barr, he was told to temporarily refrain from the activity, West Des Moines Superintendent Lisa Remy ...

Inspired Stories 09/01/19, 13:45

Sickness is always difficult for children but this 6-year-old girl is powerful. While in the hospital battling a deadly disease, the girl goes to Heaven. But she then comes back to praising Jesus and makes a full recovery! In January 2017, Rachel and Levi Devine lived every parent’s worst nightmare, their ...

Inspired Stories 08/25/19, 09:20

While many of us drive past police officers, most of our best behavior is natural. Maybe you glance down at your speedometer to make sure you aren't going over the limit, or check your seat belt to be sure you are buckled in. However, the story of the boy below ...

U.S. 08/09/19, 18:53

Filled with anxiety following a weekend of tragic shootings, a Louisiana mother sent her three young children to school on Monday, Aug. 5. And now a photo she posted of her children is going viral. Jamisha Harris, of Baton Rouge, shared a photo of her three children—10-year-old Eugene, 8-year-old Jorden, and ...

U.S. 08/06/19, 09:37

Whether you're driving by or sitting in a carpool line this school year, you could be in a neatly designated "School Prayers Zone." These signs are popping up around Richland County, South Columbia, thanks to a local nonprofit organization—Christ Teens. “We want this next generation coming out of our public schools ...

U.S. 06/20/19, 15:07

A Satanic Temple member who won the right to open a regional Alaska government meeting declared "Hail Satan" during her first invocation, prompting about a dozen officials and attendees to walk out. Tuesday's invocation that started the meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough also spurred a protest outside the southern Alaska ...

Business 05/28/19, 00:40

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with its long days of fasting and prayer meant to draw worshippers closer to God and away from worldly distractions, is being reshaped by technology.People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during Ramadan and watch more YouTube ...

Politics 05/02/19, 15:29

President Donald Trump has celebrated the National Day of Prayer with victims of last weekend's California synagogue shooting. Trump and rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway synagogue spoke by telephone after Saturday's shooting. Goldstein told celebrants during a ceremony Thursday in the White House Rose Garden that Trump was ...

Politics 05/01/19, 20:38

In wake of a series attacks on places of worship, president says terrorism against people of all faiths must end, and that ‘all civilized nations must join together in this effort.’ President Donald Trump said Wednesday that people of faith around the world have faced terrible hardship of late and called ...

World 04/26/19, 07:02

At 12:10 p.m. Friday, men and boys in a Muslim neighborhood in Sri Lanka's capital did something everyone had warned them not to do: They came together to pray.Hundreds gathered at the Masjidus Salam Jumma mosque for their communal Friday prayers, one of many mosques that conducted services despite warnings ...