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Click 'Pray' to Pray: How Evangelical Megapastor Joel Osteen Is Saving Souls With Facebook
Increasingly, the road to Damascus is a hyperlink and the Epistle is a tweet. (HuffPo)
Is That God Talking?
Hearing voices may be a sign of prayerful intensity, not mental illness. (T.M. Luhrmann, The New York Times)
Pat Boone family: Faith sustained us through tragedy
Prayer and, at times, medical marijuana have proved essential for Lindy Boone Michaelis as she cares for her son, who was severely injured in a three-story fall through a skylight a dozen years ago (Today, NBC)
Social Networking for the Soul
Jamie Coughlin believes in the power of prayer. So much so that he’s built a website called PlusGrace that lets people pledge to pray for others online or donate money electronically to those requesting prayers. (Businessweek)
New Research: God Uses Intentionality to Grow Us Spiritually
The point of seeking God is not that he is hard to find. Rather he desires we constantly invest in this relationship and seek to follow Him in every area of life. This requires intentionality and ultimate priority in a disciple's life (EdStetzer.com)
Why Religious Facebook Pages See More Engagement Than Bieber, Gaga, Obama
Six of the 20 most-engaged pages are religiously affiliated. Why? (US News and World Report)
God Talk: The Book of Common Prayer at 350
The Prayer Book was a handbook of worship for a people, not for a priesthood, and its job was to replace and improve the ancient collective rites of worship that bound people together in the English Catholic Church (James Wood, The New Yorker)
Missouri prayer amendment passes by wide margin
Voters in Missouri overwhelmingly approved a “right to pray” amendment to the state’s constitution on Tuesday (Aug. 7), despite concerns about the measure’s necessity and legality. (RNS, The Washington Post)
Both sides say first amendment is in their corner as first ruling on prayer in meetings looms
In the past five years, two U.S. circuit courts have split on how to apply Marsh. But the 6th Circuit, which includes the federal district courts in Tennessee, hasn't ruled directly on legislative prayer. (timesfreepress.com)
Police chaplains told not to use 'Jesus' in official prayers
Joining a move toward nonsectarian prayer, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has asked its chaplains to stop including Jesus in their invocations at official department ceremonies. (News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
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