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September 2025

September 26, 2025

Prayer and God’s Name

The Lord’s Prayer reminds us that it makes a huge difference whom we are praying...

April 2025

April 23, 2025

A “Free Country” Outlawing Certain Prayers

Some Australian states are regulating what you are allowed to pray for and what pastors...

November 2024

November 28, 2024

A Thanksgiving Prayer from the First Century

This Thanksgiving, pray a prayer from the earliest days of the Christian church.

January 2024

January 09, 2024

Legal Prayer vs. Illegal Prayer

The Australian state of Victoria has passed a law that regulates prayer, specifying what kinds...

February 2023

February 06, 2023

Outlawing Silent Prayer

The next frontier in violating religious freedom: outlawing not just prayer but silent prayer. Already,...

August 2022

August 23, 2022

Prayer as a Scary Weapon

The Atlantic Magazine has published an article expressing alarm at the rosary, the beads Catholics...

July 2022

July 15, 2022

Praying for Ourselves vs. Praying for Others

When we pray for our own needs, we focus on ourselves. But when we pray...

May 2022

May 20, 2022

Prayer Requests

This weekend, to build up the Cranach community and to exercise our faith, let us...

November 2021

November 25, 2021

Giving Thanks and Saying Grace

Research has found that 50% of Americans "say grace" of some kind before meals, which...

February 2021

February 16, 2021

Outlawing Prayer for the LGBTQ

An Australian law against "conversion therapy"--defined as practices that attempt to change same-sex attraction and...

December 2020

December 07, 2020

The Bible’s Super-Short & Always Useful Prayers

The Bible has many profound prayers that are extremely short--as few as three words--yet they...

April 2020

April 01, 2020

A Hardcore Prayer “In Time of Pestilence”

Here is an intense prayer "In Times of Pestilence" from the Lutheran Prayer Book of...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

A Vast Online Collection of Prayers

My daughter Mary Moerbe, at her blog Meet, Write, and Salutary, alerted me to a...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

Thoughts and Prayers

What do you say to a person afflicted by a tragedy?

July 2017

July 04, 2017

“God bless America” vs. “God bless the whole world”

Some people are saying we shouldn't say or sing "God Bless America." That is too...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

A painting of “Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest. . .”

In researching yesterday's post on Saying Grace, I came across this painting. I said to...

June 20, 2017

Saying grace

About half of Americans say grace before meals, according to a new study. Even 11%...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

Praying the Catechism

Many Christians have problems praying. Our minds wander; we run through our wants and needs; we...

January 2017

January 17, 2017

Who will pray at Trump’s inauguration

The six religious leaders who will offer prayers at Donald Trump's inauguration have been announced....

May 2016

May 10, 2016

Problems praying? Pray the Psalms

Continuing our reflections on the Psalms, Pastor Peters at Pastoral Meanderings has a great post...

December 2015

December 11, 2015

Prayer shaming while praying to the government

When a tragedy strikes, it seems natural for those affected to ask for people's prayers...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Banning the Lord’s Prayer video

This video was made by the Church of England to help publicize a new prayer...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

The unchurched and non-religious still pray

Church attendance and other marks of religious observance are in decline, but a new study...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Call to prayer from the Continental Congress

Very often, in the early days of our nation, Congress would call for a day...

June 2014

June 07, 2014

FDR’s D-Day Prayer

Once D-Day was underway, 70 years ago, President Roosevelt got on the radio and asked...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Supreme Court allows Christian prayers in public meetings

The Supreme Court has ruled that public meetings, including those involving local governments, may feature...

March 2014

March 14, 2014

George Herbert on prayer

We blogged about Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, who wrote about how she was converted from atheism in...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

“The Lord sustains my life”

A Nigerian ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Three days later, divers went...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Obama administration defends government-sponsored Christian prayers

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether or not it is...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Atheists who pray

As many as 6% of atheists pray, as many non-believers seek the benefits of religion...