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National Day of Prayer:

• People pray for a reason | Will supporters of praying to God win out tomorrow over the forces of human reason or will reason edge prayer? It's a question that surrounds the state Capitol, as Christians and other believers in Almighty God prepare to celebrate the National Day of Prayer (Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Christians plan National Day of Prayer events Thursday | Believing that there's power, not just safety, in numbers, Christians along the Treasure Coast and across the nation will gather Thursday to participate in the 53rd National Day of Prayer. (Stuart News, Florida)
  
  
• Group limits Mormon participation in National Day of Prayer | Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not allowed to conduct the services at an event put together by the National Day of Prayer Task Force (KTVX, UT)
  
  
• Let us pray | Greenvillians will gather at City Hall on Thursday for National Day of Prayer Thursday is a National Day of Prayer recognized across the nation as a time for people of all persuasions to come together with uplifted hands and spirit-filled hearts. (Delta Democrat Times, MS)
  
  
• Recognizing the power of prayer | City officials, local clergy and McKinney residents will gather at Towne Lake Thursday evening for the annual National Day of Prayer, uniting under the theme Let Freedom Ring. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, Texas)
  
  
• Bush to appear on Christian TV for prayer day | Three-hour program airs tonight (Washington Post)
  
  
• National leaders urge Americans to participate in day of prayer | Today is the annual National Day of Prayer, but some believers say they find it hard to hear that still, small voice of the divine amid all the political posturing the occasion conjures up. (The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC)
  
  
• With LDS excluded, faiths snub prayer day | For the past three years, Seventh-day Adventist Chaplain Linda Walton has helped organize services for the National Day of Prayer. But this year, Walton and other religious leaders in Utah are opting out of today's commemoration. The problem, she says, is that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not allowed to conduct the services (Associated Press)
  
  
• National Day of Prayer gathering will be today | Community members will gather on the steps of the Stearns County Courthouse today for the National Day of Prayer. (St. Cloud Times, Minn.)
  
  
• Praying in the USA | Where the National Day of Prayer comes from--and where it's going. (Weekly Standard)
  
  
• When prayer and politics intersect | As part of Thursday's National Day of Prayer, many Americans will address public policies. (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Local residents gather for prayer | Richland County Ministerial Association (RCMA) is leading a National Day of Prayer gathering at 12:10 p.m. Thursday at the courthouse. (Olney Daily Mail, Ill.)
  
  

Religion in the media:

• Across the great divide | Why don't journalists get religion? A tenuous bridge to believers (Columbia Journalism Review)
  
  
• Religious disputes bring out the worst in us | Liberals and centrists, feminists and anti-feminists, advocates for and against gay rights, Presbyterians and Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Baptists —we all tend to sound alike when our feathers get ruffled, our faith is challenged, and we go on the attack. (Tom Ehrich, Indianapolis Star)
  
  

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May (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48