{"id":6317,"date":"2005-06-23T09:50:48","date_gmt":"2005-06-23T09:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/too-inclusive.html"},"modified":"2005-06-23T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2005-06-23T09:50:48","slug":"too-inclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/too-inclusive.html","title":{"rendered":"Too inclusive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A not-meeting of minds in South Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n

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When the Rev. John Parker was asked to say the benediction at the graduation rite for the Medical School of South Carolina, he did what any Eastern Orthodox priest would do. <\/p>\n

He went straight to "The Great Book of Needs," a four-volume set of prayers collected over two millennia for use during every imaginable kind of ritual. <\/p>\n

It was easy to find prayers about Jesus and healing, including: "Do now, O Lord, give your grace to all those here gathered who have labored and studied hour upon hour, to go into all the world, and also to heal by the talent You have given to each of them. Strengthen them, by your strength, to fear no evil or disease, enlighten them to do no evil by the works of their hands and preserve them and those they serve in peace, for You are our God, and we know no other." <\/p>\n

Then he received a letter from the president’s office offering guidelines for prayers at this public school in Charleston, S.C. It required inclusive language such as "Holy God, Holy One, Creator, Sustainer" rather than prayers mentioning Jesus, Allah, the Trinity or other specific divine references.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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