“We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes -- and they are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers. You know, the Lord can cause the rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike.” KnowsFallFatherHouseCausesPrayerLordMembersRainSenateRepresentativesUnjustFoundingMinnesotaKeithHouse Of Representatives Author:Bill Sali
“In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.” WorldPersonsPrayerClassPerspectiveEqualMembersUniqueUnique Perspective Author:W. H. Auden
“Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.” PeopleTryingHumansKindSeemsParentChurchPrayerWatchesToo MuchMembersMiseryAffairGuidesCrueltyPlausibleChurch Members Author:Benjamin Spock
“Our spiritual immutarity never shows up more than in our lack of praying, be it alone or in a church prayer meeting. Let 20% of the chior members fail to turn up for rehearsal and the chior master is offended. Let 20% of the church members turn up for a prayer meeting, and the pastor is elated.” ShowsPastSpiritualTurnsChurchPrayerFailingMastersPrayingMembersMeetingsPastorOffendedRehearsalChurch MembersPrayer Meeting Author:Leonard Ravenhill
“The men who wrote the First Amendment religion clause did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of that amendment... the practice of opening sessions with prayer has continued without interruption ever since that early session of Congress. It can hardly be thought that in the same week the members of the first Congress voted to appoint and pay a chaplain for each House and also voted to approve the draft of the First Amendment... (that) they intended to forbid what they had just declared acceptable.” MenFirstsHousePrayerViewsPayPracticeWeekHe ManMembersPaidCongressOpeningAcceptableAmendmentsSessionViolationFirst AmendmentInterruptionsClausesChaplains Author:Warren E. Burger
“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.” WayNeedsSometimesDifficultChallengesPrayerTeachSupportGreaterJourneyPrayingNeededBlessingMembersDefenseTemptationOur FamilyMortalityEarnestHeartfeltFamily Members Author:Thomas S. Monson