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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Caroline Myss: 'America's Soul Is On A Respirator'

Laurie Nadel | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Prayer, Laurie Nadel, Gravity, Soul, Collective Values, Economic Crisis, Caroline Myss, The Inner Life, Living News
Laurie Nadel

Caroline Myss examines the current melt-down as a collective spiritual crisis that is rooted in a loss of respect for the values upon which our nation was founded.

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Muslim Day of Prayer Expected to Draw Some Unwanted Attention

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mosques, National Mall, Muslim Day of Prayer, Muslims, Prayer, New Jersey Mosque, Muslim, New Jersey, Politics News
Sabria Jawhar

It's a wonderful thing to see Muslims wear their patriotism on their sleeve and demonstrate the deep love for their country. But the event also is turning into a religious war spurred by fringe groups.

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Religion and Region

Venkat Srinivasan | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Religion, Masjid Aqsa, Islam, New York City, Mosques, Muslims, Churches, Prayer, Religous Freedom, Missionaries, Bronx, New York News
Venkat Srinivasan

A trip to a mosque in Harlem and a church in the Bronx: there are no easy answers in religion, especially when mixed with nationhood.

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Pray for Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth, Debate, Stories, Family, Children, Media, Campaign, Bureaucrats, Miracle, Reform, Pray, Prayer, Legislation, America, Government, Miracles, Abortion, Cerebral Palsy, Government Takeover, Personal Story, Health Care, Pro-Life, Fears, Pregnancies, System, Fear, Families, Healthcare, Choice, Insurance Coverage, Reform Proposals, Anger, Mother, Unborn Baby, Glenn Beck, Rhetoric, Quality of Life, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.

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Scott Foval | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Rememberance, Hate, Freedom, 9/11, Mourning, Good, Prayer, Evil, Loss, Love, Bigotry, Living News
Scott Foval

Never forget, but never give in to the hate. That is the challenge.

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Madoff and Miracles: How I Lost My Life's Savings and a Poem Saved My Life

Kim Rosen | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Bernard Madoff, Money, Poems, Poetry, Life Savings, Lyrics, Prayer, Capitalism, Spirituality, Living News
Kim Rosen

Poetry is a direct route to the riches of the interior life. It is available to everyone at any hour of the day or night, and it doesn't cost a thing.

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Rifqa, the Reverand and Apostasy

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Apostasy, Church, Bible Study, Muslim Americans, Runaways, Religious Conversion, Prayer, Muslim, Honor Killing, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

Mohamed Bary says she can practice any faith she wants -- clearly, he is not a fundamentalist. He believes his daughter was brainwashed and kidnapped.

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Is 'Spiritual' A Dirty Word?

A Compulsive Overeater | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Recovery, God, Addiction, 12-Steps, Prayer, Overeater, 12 Step Groups, Faith, Overeating, Overeaters Anonymous, Spirituality, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
A Compulsive Overeater

My last boyfriend hated when I said the word "spiritual." Suffice to say, the relationship didn't last. I used to be like him, I condemned things prio...

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5 Creative Ways To Pursue Your Passion

Anne Naylor | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Forgiving, Purpose, Sir Ken Robinson, Blessings, Passion, Gratitude, Beatrix Potter, Prayer, Erich Fromm, Spirituality, Arthur Koestler, The Balanced Life, Living News
Anne Naylor

"Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self." Erich F...

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How to Green Your Spiritual Life

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Scripture, Holidays, Islam, Jews, Easter, Church, Atheism, Bible, Green, Temple, Lent, Green Living, Congregation, Hinduism, Religion, Hannukah, Christmas, Muslims, Quran, Christianity, Environmental Evangelist, Prayer, Wicca, Buddhism, Old Testament, Spirituality, Environment, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.

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A Most Ingenious Job Search

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Resume, Michelin, Manhattan, General Motors, Honor Societies, James A. Williamson III, Marketing, Prayer, Business, Big Brother, Job Hunt, Cab, Suze Orman, Business News
Dr. Susan Corso

My taxi driver had tacked to the back of the seat in front of me a professional resume announcing the job search intentions of recent LaSalle MBA graduate James A. Williamson III.

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Iraq as a Holy War: Why Praying for Divine Support Is a Bad Idea

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, God, War, Crusades, Christianity, Iraq, Rumsfeld, Prayer, Holy Wars, Bush, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Nothing could be more hazardous as a basis for international affairs than relying on God for guidance. The past eight years offer evidence for that conclusion.

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National Day of Prayer: An Exercise in Futility

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Day of Prayer, Religion, Prayer, God, Religion and Politics, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Free will is religion's version of having your cake and eating it too. You can have a god who already preordained everything, you can pray for a different outcome anyway, and you have free will to change your destiny.

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Passover Memories in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Prayer, Passover, Jerusalem, Judaism, Terrorism, Western Wall, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Jerusalem-Israel, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

A holiday time seems to capture memories in a more powerful way than any other time of the year, and gives more significance to holidays as time goes on than they would otherwise have.

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Kendra Wilkinson: From Playboy To Praying Before Meals

foxnews.com | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Prayer, Hank Baskett, Playboy, Kendra Wilkinson, Entertainment News

Kendra Wilkinson is known across the world as being Hugh Hefner's wonderfully wild former flame, but since moving out of the Playboy mansion and getti...

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Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Scripture, Jesus, Economic Crisis, Politics, Budget, Tradition, Congress, Low Income Families, Black, Garden of Gethsemane, Poor, Mobilization, Prayer, Invitation, Vote, Hope, Change, Poverty, Black Church, M2ep, Mobilization to End Poverty, Policy Details, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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Churches Put Faith To Work With Job Help And Prayer For Those In Need (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Helping Others, Community, Jobless, Job Assistance, Religion, Job Layoffs, Homeless, Prayer, Churches, Helping Needy, Faith, Job Help, Careers, Living News

With the increasing prevalence of job layoffs across the country, churches are among the institutions that are making it their priority to help those ...

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12 Ways To Pray During Lent

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Prayer, Praying, Lent, Religion, The Inner Life, How to Pray, Ways to Pray, Living News
Therese Borchard

This blog post has been also featured as a Beliefnet gallery. To get there click here. Lent, the 40 days preceding the death, burial, and resurrectio...

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White House Commissions Prayers For Obama Public Events

US News & World Report | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Church Faith, Obama Faith, Obama Prayer Breakfast, Obama Prayer Service, Obama Church, Prayer, Barack Obama Prayer, Ryan Culp, Barack Obama, Obama Invocation, Elkhart-Indiana, Politics News

When Barack Obama's presidential campaign contacted Ryan Culp last year to ask him to deliver a prayer at an Obama rally in Culp's native Elkhart, Ind...

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Limbaugh Needs a Lesson in Reality

Mike Papantonio | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Failure, President, Air America Radio, Unemployment, Rush Limbaugh, Mike Papantonio, Democrat, Recession, Manufacturing, Ring of Fire, Barack Obama, Economy, Veterans Affairs, Ann Coulter, Credit Crisis, Veterans, Sean Hannity, Prayer, Foreclosure, Media News
Mike Papantonio

If Limbaugh could step out of his 25,000 square foot home and see the pain of parents telling their children that they just lost their home, maybe then he would want Obama to succeed.

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A Blessing for Barack (A Jewish Prayer for All Obama-ites)

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inauguration Day 2009, Joseph Lieberman, Obama Inauguration, Prayer, William Kristol, Barack Obama, Jewish, African Americans, Joy, Jews, Obama's Inauguration, Judaism, Obama Jews, Religion, Spirituality and Politics, Inauguration, Religion and Politics, Spirituality, Politics News
Michael L. Millenson

There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

Read More: President, New Evangelical, Leadership, Media, Campaign, Christian Community, Black, Poor, Pastors, Prayer, Consistent Ethic of Life, America, Human Trafficking, African-American, Conservative, Muslim, Abortion, Common Good, Values, Climate Change, Religious Right, Pro-Life, Hispanic, Catholic, Religion, Human Rights, Abortion Reduction, Church, Common Ground, Election, Evangelical, Religious Leaders, Jewish, Vote, White, Gay Marriage, Liberal, Poverty, Emerging, Living News
Jim Wallis

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

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Eugene Robinson is a Crumb from the Master's Table

Mike Alvear | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prayer, Obama, Gay Rights, Eugene Robinson, Invocation, Rick Warren, Obama Inaugural, Politics News
Mike Alvear

In a heated debate about the twisted pretzel of the Obama-Warren-Robinson controversy, my roommate, Cindy Abel, said: "Eugene Robinson is a crumb from the master's table."

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