Category - prayer

Believers, doubters and cynics invited on to new Swedish prayer site

Stephen Brown — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:39:51 +0100

The (Lutheran) Church of Sweden is inviting people to post prayer and intercession requests to a new interactive web page. It complements a television advertising campaign.

Prayer for the non-pious

Henry Morgan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:35:01 +0100

Many people have lost touch with ‘institutional religion’, but not with spirituality. Henry Morgan explains how people’s passions and everyday experience can reconnect them with the God they already knew, and with prayer as a natural, integrating, liberating activity.

Living without a goal?

Simon Barrow — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:04:05 +0100

If watching football is a waste of time with redeeming moments, much the same could be said about prayer, says Simon Barrow. In a world over-attached to achievement, we lose sight of the fact that what is really 'worth it' is often not conventionally 'productive'.

Protesting and praying for peace in Holy Week

Gene Stoltzfus — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:38:50 +0100

The desert in Nevada, where native people once came for water to sustain life, is waiting for the transformation inherent in faith says Gene Stoltzfus, as he joins Holy Week prayer and protest at an air force base.

Women's World Day of Prayer focuses on Papua New Guinea

staff writers — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:40:05 +0000

Today over 3 million people worldwide are praying and worshipping together during an annual day of prayer for the church and the world, using a service prepared by Christian Women in Papua New Guinea.

Nurse in patient prayer row is reinstated

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:05:59 +0000

A nurse who was suspended for asking a patient whether she would like to be prayed for at the end of a home treatment session will return to work "as soon as she feels able to do so", the NHS has said.

WCC issues call for prayer and solidarity with Gaza

agency reporter — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:28:26 +0000

Reiterating its call for a ceasefire in Gaza, the World Council of Churches has appealed to Christians everywhere to pray for peace and to advocate with their governments for a just peace in Israel and Palestine.

'Calm down, calm down', C of E tells commuters

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:07:21 +0100

To boost morale and ease the Monday blues, the Church of England offered early morning commuters on 1 September a prayer published in a freesheet morning newspaper read by some 1.5 million who travel by train and underground.

The law on a wing and prayer

Shawn F. Peters — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:52:55 +0100

Should parents who choose to treat their children's illnesses with prayer rather than medicine be charged with abuse, neglect, or even manslaughter when their children die? Shawn F. Peters explores the issues.

Employers urged to provide spaces for spiritual reflection

agency reporter — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:57:32 +0100

Employers are being urged to provide prayer rooms and quiet space to meet the needs of employees and promote diversity in the workplace in a guide launched yesterday in the City.