Tag: national day of prayer
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LETTERS: National Day of Prayer; take back our schools
National Day of Prayer On Thursday, May 7, an estimated 2 million Christians in 33,000 groups across 50 states stood united for the 75th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer, which has been celebrated since 1952, when Democratic President Harry Truman first declared it. I led 100 at the Gateway Prayer Garden. Some non-attendees…
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National Day of Prayer coincides with scrutiny of evangelical Christianity in Colorado Springs
America’s great religious divide is coming to town. As an estimated 2 million Christians pray for the nation, its leaders and citizens on Thursday – including at three public gatherings in the Pikes Peak region where the sponsoring organization is based – a crowd is expected to attend the latest installment of the Center for…
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National Day of Prayer in Colorado Springs lifts up pressing needs of the times: ‘Prayer changes things’
There was a lot to pray about Thursday at an inaugural breakfast observing the National Day of Prayer in Colorado Springs. With two ongoing wars, the rise of antisemitism, religious division, political discord and myriad social crises, attendees were asked to set aside any differences and unite in sending heavenward petitions for pressing issues of…