1.0Prayer, Plain and Simplehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimplensymmondshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/author/nsymmondsA Black Friday Prayerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RWiBKn2Oev"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2009/11/a-black-friday-prayer.html">A Black Friday Prayer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/prayerplainandsimple/2009/11/a-black-friday-prayer.html/embed#?secret=RWiBKn2Oev" width="600" height="338" title="“A Black Friday Prayer” — Prayer, Plain and Simple" data-secret="RWiBKn2Oev" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Tomorrow, millions of Americans will be headed out to the malls and to their local Walmarts, Targets, Kmarts and other retailers to celebrate the national retail holiday known as Black Friday. It’s ironic that it is called Black Friday because sometimes things can get kind of dark and scary on the day when everything is…