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...breakfast is at least a minor miracle. It's one that churches across the U.S., especially burgeoning Protestant congregations with large youth programs, are trying to duplicate. They aim to reconnect with adolescents, better known for fidgeting in the pews, by giving them their own space to play and pray while serving them the right mix of power chords and Scripture. Experts disagree about how deep or lasting those religious experiences are, but simply by reaching out to 13-year-olds, churches are catching up with an idea that reflects both ancient tradition and modern psychology. Thirteen may seem like...
Although her father is an evangelical pastor, Shea says she had just a "half-relationship" with God until she got involved with Dietz's program. Now, after she was baptized by him in a New England lake last summer, she has committed herself to praying as much as she can between schoolwork and other demands. Shea says she prays to make sense of her new, sharper emotions: "I'll pray, 'God, I don't know why I get so mad at my mom. Why am I being mean?'" Shea's father wants to pray about her problems together...
...this stage of life, the last thing someone wants is to stand out as different. But blending in isn't easy in my case. In my religion, it's mandatory to pray five times a day, including one time that happens to be during school hours. When I'm out with my friends playing sports or hanging out, I sometimes have to go aside and do my prayers. My friends know what I'm doing, but that doesn't make it any less awkward. I really stand out during the month of Ramadan, when I have to fast, not eating...
...only drama is that, omigod, they're doing it! And one of them, O'Brien, is a professional actor. (Stilley, who has done modeling work, got the full Brit tabloid treatment when the movie came out in Britain. Her mom in North Carolina was quoted as saying, "I pray for Margo every...
...profile a young Muslim Londoner who is believed to have died in the attacks—she is designated a “real East Ender” and “British to the core” as well as a Muslim “occasionally known to pray.” The eagerness with which everyone is urgently underscoring the innocence and decency of most Muslims seems to indicate an underlying tension: some part of the population must need to be administered this information. The politicians fear a backlash...