Word: prayerfulness
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...rainy Sunday in May 2003, longtime Harvard baseball coach Joe Walsh inspected his dwindling bench and called out Frank Herrmann’s name on a wing and a prayer...
...next year soul-searching for a way to meet all his obligations without getting overwhelmed again. "I needed to figure out what mattered and how to do it and not worry about the rest," says Warren, 50. "I wanted to be guided by purpose and not pressure." Through prayer and Bible study, he rediscovered the Christian doctrines that formed his blueprint for "living a life of purpose and meaning...
...hundred yards back from the protesters, toward Tremont Street, groups of people held hands together in small prayer circles. Several hundred opponents of gay marriage were gathered for a religious show of protest against SJC’s decision. The group congregated around a stage, where reverends, gospel choirs and Christian musicians led prayers...
...most recent came in 1992, when Michigan became the 38th state to ratify a measure barring Congress from enacting any pay raises for itself that would take effect before the next general election--an idea first introduced in 1789. Oft-proposed amendments to require a balanced budget, permit prayer in public schools and ban flag burning have never made it out of Congress. The Equal Rights Amendment, which was meant to invalidate state and federal laws that discriminate against women, did emerge from Washington, only to grind to a halt in state legislatures in a process that took 10 years...
...hard to argue about two guys kissing, or a teenager getting a late-term abortion, or the death penalty, or school prayer, or flag burning, or smoking marijuana. There are even some broader principles that can be discussed: Should the question of gay marriage--or abortion, for that matter--be decided by the judgment of a court or by legislation? Is there any way to limit our commercial culture's ability to narcotize children with an endless stream of sex and violence? But those deeper arguments usually get as much attention as the size of the budget deficit. In fact...