As the daily news gets worse and worse, I keep thinking back to the hopefulness of the inauguration, especially to the beautiful prayers of Rev. Gene Robinson, Rev. Rick Warren and Rev. Joseph Lowery. I have also been inspired and comforted by the prayers of Jewish, Hindu and other Christian leaders who wrote inaugural prayers [...]
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Inauguration Prayers
Posted in My Prayer Bead Practice, Prayers For Beads, tagged Anglican rosary, Anne Graham Lotz, Brad Hirschfield, Catholic rosary, Gene Robinson, inaugural prayers, Joseph Lowery, prayer beads, Rajan Zed, Rick Warren, Samuel Rodriguez on February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Joseph Lowery’s Benediction Prayer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged benediction, inauguration, Joseph Lowery on January 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In my last post, I posed the question about the appropriateness of the content of Rick Warren’s invocation. Now we come to the benediction of Joseph Lowery, United Methodist pastor. You can read the entire text here. I found myself laughing through my tears at this lovely prayer. The tears came the minute I recognized [...]
