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Bishop John Shelby Spong: Prayer

How do we pray? Bishop Shelby Spong discusses the difference between prayer and asking God for favors, what it means to ¿pray without ceasing,¿ and why we pray at all.

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Learn to Pray in Color

Learn to Pray in Color

Add creativity to your prayer life using this fun and thoughtful practice.

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Share Your Gratitude Prayers

Share Your Gratitude Prayers

As Thanksgiving approaches, tell us your prayers of gratitude.

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Pray for Mindy H.

Pray for Mindy H.

Please share your prayers for Mindy, a Beliefnet user whose husband left her and her children on Friday, November 7th.

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A Prayer for Obama

A Prayer for Obama

Beliefnet blogger Scot McKnight shares his prayer for the president-elect Barack Obama.

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Today's Prayer

Prayer for Children

Blessed God, you have created life to begin with childhood, a time of innocence, laughter, and exploration. Bless, we beseech you, the children of this world. Grant unto them the nurture they need for strong physical growth, keen minds, balanced emotions, and a holy spiritual life. Send unto them teachers to inspire an inquiring and discerning heart, to enable curiosity toward their surroundings, and a knowledge of this global village. Bless them with love, hope, and vision, and keep them ever in your unfailing compassion and protection. Amen.

- Vienna Cobb Anderson

Source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts" © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with permission of the author.

TAGS: Children’S Milestones, Multifaith, parenting

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