Bill, I so resonate with your plight! I am an ordained minister and have been writing and praying what we have called "A Prayer for the Headlines" for the past 15 years or so on our local radio station, WITZ-FM, 104.7, Jasper/Huntingburg (Indiana). It started as a ministry of the church of which I was the pastor; it continues now as a pu…
Bill, I so resonate with your plight! I am an ordained minister and have been writing and praying what we have called "A Prayer for the Headlines" for the past 15 years or so on our local radio station, WITZ-FM, 104.7, Jasper/Huntingburg (Indiana). It started as a ministry of the church of which I was the pastor; it continues now as a public service of the radio station where I am an employee. The prayers air at 7:58 am, just before the 8:00 news on MWF, and usually are about what will be on the news. Where I say that I resonate with your plight is the different political/religious beliefs present in this area: Democratic/republican, Catholic/Lutheran/protestant/nones. If I was to write/pray my "own" prayers, no way would they have lasted to this day. However, to me. the station, and the listeners, the prayers are totally given to me by God through the power of the Holy Spirit. I, similar to you, see the headlines and the stories. The Spirit points me to the one about which I am to pray. The Spirit then writes the prayer through my hand, and I get to send it out on the air with my voice and in my typed print.
Probably through other ways people know I am a conservative, usually republican/independent, protestant. But I don't think it comes through easily on through the "Prayers for the Headlines."
Bill, I even sometimes use what you print. I appreciate all of your writings and hope you will continue for a good long while! Thank you for your writings!
Let’s remember all the other religions - just in the top 10 - such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Judaism, Taoism, Caodaism, Sikhism, and Confucianism.
So right. I’m a Humanist myself after years of trying very hard to find some religious avenue that really spoke to me. Turns out, a contributor in my local paper, Chris Highland, really spoke to the very thing I was looking for. Thank goodness for the differences in all of us. I couldn’t think of a worse society to live in than one that was homogenized. Reminds me too much of The Stepford Wives. Ewww!
In reason we trust. They have a license tag in SC with that line similar to the one with in god we trust. I would have that myself but opted for the “Share The Road” Palmetto cycling tag.
Bill, I so resonate with your plight! I am an ordained minister and have been writing and praying what we have called "A Prayer for the Headlines" for the past 15 years or so on our local radio station, WITZ-FM, 104.7, Jasper/Huntingburg (Indiana). It started as a ministry of the church of which I was the pastor; it continues now as a public service of the radio station where I am an employee. The prayers air at 7:58 am, just before the 8:00 news on MWF, and usually are about what will be on the news. Where I say that I resonate with your plight is the different political/religious beliefs present in this area: Democratic/republican, Catholic/Lutheran/protestant/nones. If I was to write/pray my "own" prayers, no way would they have lasted to this day. However, to me. the station, and the listeners, the prayers are totally given to me by God through the power of the Holy Spirit. I, similar to you, see the headlines and the stories. The Spirit points me to the one about which I am to pray. The Spirit then writes the prayer through my hand, and I get to send it out on the air with my voice and in my typed print.
Probably through other ways people know I am a conservative, usually republican/independent, protestant. But I don't think it comes through easily on through the "Prayers for the Headlines."
Bill, I even sometimes use what you print. I appreciate all of your writings and hope you will continue for a good long while! Thank you for your writings!
Rev. Larry Langer
Retired PCUSA minister
Huntingburg, IN
Let’s remember all the other religions - just in the top 10 - such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Judaism, Taoism, Caodaism, Sikhism, and Confucianism.
So right. I’m a Humanist myself after years of trying very hard to find some religious avenue that really spoke to me. Turns out, a contributor in my local paper, Chris Highland, really spoke to the very thing I was looking for. Thank goodness for the differences in all of us. I couldn’t think of a worse society to live in than one that was homogenized. Reminds me too much of The Stepford Wives. Ewww!
In reason we trust. They have a license tag in SC with that line similar to the one with in god we trust. I would have that myself but opted for the “Share The Road” Palmetto cycling tag.