...PRAYER AND THE 1 Prayer and the School Setting PHI 200 Instructor Lisa Linkin May 11, 2012 Prayer and the School Setting Many students throughout the world carry on their daily tasks of going to school. They come home or to their dorms from the excessive day of learning and they may say a prayer or they may not. For the ones that do say a prayer, they may feel as if the prayer would have been better said during school at the time of a “stressful situation or test”. This was not the case because prayer is being banned from school. This topic has been a very hot one from the time of the first person speaking out against having prayer in the school setting even until now showing no signs of letting up. Why is it so bothersome? It stands to reason that the reason prayer in the school setting is such a rampant subject is because those on both sides of the situation have very strong and valid arguments. Every time there seems to be a sound solution, there is something else that challenges the peace the solution seemingly creates. When it comes to the issue of prayer being appropriate for the school setting there are those that say that it is not appropriate, those that agree that it is, and those willing to look for solutions to pacify both sides. To even come close to beginning to identify whether prayer is appropriate for school or not one must understand exactly what both these...
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...Why should your child be baptized? By being baptized, your child becomes one of God’s children and is gifted with the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, Counsel, Fortitude, Piety and Wonder). Baptism symbolizes the choice of joining God’s family and becoming one of the followers of Jesus’ teachings. When being baptized in St. Mary’s Parish we also celebrate and teach your child about the other Sacraments of Initiation (Eucharist and Confirmation). Baptisms in St. Mary’s Parish are usually scheduled during Sundays, early in the morning at 9 – 11 am. Parents and godparents will have to attend the ritual. You are asked to prepare some prayers to say for the candidate of Baptism. The candidate of baptism will have to...
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...K., 2011.) Argument: Should prayer be allowed in school? For prayer in schools – * “As the First Amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." To prohibit school prayer is to prohibit the free exercise of one's religion. Thus, not only is eliminating prayer from public schools wrong, it is also unconstitutional. Moral and legal reasons demonstrate that prayer in public school should, therefore, be allowed” (Mosser, K.,2010). * There has never been any report that allowing prayer in school is physically or spiritually harmful to a child in any way. * Prayer teaches reflection and patience. * Therefore, it is our constitutional right to pray in schools and with prayer not being harmful it can actually teach a child reflection and patience which can help control behavior issues. Against prayer in schools – * People can tend to feel that with prayer religion is pushed upon them against their own beliefs and goes against their constitutional right. * There are too many different religions to have a specific religion class. * There are people who do not believe in a God at all. * Therefore, to place prayer in school would push religious prayer on someone who does not believe in the same thing or does not believe in a God at all is against their constitutional right as well. My personal thoughts - Eliminating prayer and other things the United States...
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...private and schools are very public, if religion was introduced into the school system it would create barriers between the children. This would create fraction between them that would cause negative energy. Schools is intended to provide education not practice religion that would be taking away time for the children to learn. School prayer violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment which provides that government shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion. Because public schools are government funded, prayer led by school officials or incorporated into the school routine amounts to government established religion. Those students who abstain from school prayer may be ostracized. Some kids do not believe in religion so with that being incorporated into the school system, which would be forced onto them. I do not believe any child school have to practice any religion if they do not want to that is why it should be practiced privately instead of at school. Since there are no formal school prayer could honor the tenets of all the religions practiced in the U.S., as well as various denominational differences, prayer is better left in the home and...
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...http://www.carols.org.uk/ave-maria.htm Ave Maria Prayer : The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer set to the music by Franz Schubert Ave Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Maria Gratia plena Ave, ave dominus Dominus tecum Benedicta tu in mulieribus Et benedictus Et benedictus fructus ventris Ventris tui Jesus Ave Maria Ave Maria Mater dei Ora pro nobis pecatoribus Ora, ora pro nobis Ora ora pro nobis pecatoribus Nunc et in hora mortis In hora mortis, mortis nostrae In hora mortis nostrae Ave Maria! Ave Maria Prayer : The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer set to the music by Franz Schubert Ave Maria German translation by Adam Storck from "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild! Listen to a maiden's prayer! Thou canst hear though from the wild, Thou canst save amid despair. Safe may we sleep beneath thy care, Though banish'd, outcast and reviled - Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer; Mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! undefiled! The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem this down of eider piled, If thy protection hover there. The murky cavern's heavy air Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled; Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer; Mother, list a suppliant child! Ave Maria! Ave Maria! stainless styled! Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled, Shall flee before thy presence fair. We bow us to our lot of care, Beneath thy guidance...
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...Counseling written by Mark McMinn (2011) discuss the integration of psychology and spirituality including impacts of such in our daily lives both personally and professionally. According to McMinn (2011) there are three essential categories that must be considered within counseling; psychology, theology, and spirituality. To incorporate the three categories, the book down into further sections including prayer, scripture, sin, confession, forgiveness, and redemption including “what if” sections with descriptions of circumstances and the corresponding results, what works and what doesn’t within the sessions. By beginning with an active and healthy prayer life personally, the counselor is able to pray for the client both inside of and outside of the counseling sessions. McMinn (2011) discusses the importance of ethical issues of using prayer which is the source of growth in spiritual lives, promoting a relationship with God rather than promoting health. According to McMinn (2011) prayer must only be used after consent given and the potential effects considered as some forms of prayer may be detrimental to the client. Scripture use within counseling can be considered a self-help book enabling personality and behavioral changes. McMinn (2011) discusses the use of Scripture to support many forms of cognitive therapy including rational-emotive therapy (RET). These theories are based on what one thinks which is then supported by Bible Scripture and stories. Respect for the interpretation...
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...[pic] Christian Relationships Unit 1: Worship 1. Preliminary concerns 1.1. Misconceptions about worship The first popular misconception is that ‘worship is singing’. We treat ‘worship’ and ‘singing praises’ as synonymous terms. We speak as if they are the same thing. To reduce worship to singing is to dilute the biblical concept of worship in a way that is grossly irresponsible. It reduces the richness of biblical worship to one of its components. Yet when many Christians today commonly speak about worship, they mean nothing more than ‘singing’. |When you think or speak of worship, do you automatically associate it with ‘singing worship songs’? Is this the common usage| |in your church? If so, how do you think this fault crept into your vocabulary? | | | There are probably many ways this misconception has crept into our language and our thought. One key factor is that we have tended to label Christian music as ‘worship’, and we often call the person who leads the singing in our churches ‘the worship leader’. Unfortunately, this has caused us to equate worship with singing. A second misconception is that ‘worship is something we do on special occasions’. Worship is what we do when we gather with God’s people. The activities that make...
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... To the Protestant ear, Mass is best understood as a daily service of prayers in which Christians partake of the Lord’s supper, and the “mass of Christ” was specially devoted to the celebration of Christ’s birth. Christian celebrate Christmas because it is jesus birthday and jesus die for us. These days, one of the questions I often receive about Jesus has to do with his marital status. This question didn’t just drop out of heaven, however. It was born of the popularity of Dan Brown’s controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code. This novel advocates the thesis that Jesus was in fact married to the woman we know as Mary Magdalene, that they had a child together, and that this “truth” was covered up by the church for self-serving reasons. Many readers of The Da Vinci Code, believing the fictional history of the novel to be true, have been buzzing about the possibility of Jesus’ having been married. The people in the story is Joseph Adam Jesus god David eve ibraham lkdsjasjssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss [pic] 0 Why do people call Christmas? The word “Christmas” derives from an Old English term that dates back to 1038: “Cristes Maesse.” The term literally means “the mass of Christ,” which is evidence of its Catholic roots.[1] “Mass” comes from the Latin missa, and refers to the service of Eucharist, or the Lord’s Supper. To the Protestant ear, Mass is best understood as a daily service of prayers in which Christians partake of the Lord’s supper, and the “mass of Christ”...
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...parents. 1.Lord, make me a praying parent. PRAYER Lord, I submit myself to You. I realize that parenting a child in the way You would have me to is beyond my human abilities. I know I need you to help me. I want to partner with you and partake of Your gifts of wisdom, discernment, revelation and guidance. I also need Your strength and patience, along with a generous portion of your love flowing through me. Teach me how to love the way You love. Where I needed to be healed, delivered, changed, matured, or made whole, I invite You to do that in me. Help me to walk in righteousness and integrity before You. Teach me Your ways, enable me to obey Your commandments and do only what is pleasing in Your sight. May the beauty of Your Spirit be so evident in me that I will be a godly role model. Give me the communication, teaching and nurturing skills that I must have. Make me the parent You want me to be and teach me how to pray and truly intercede for the life of this child. Lord, You said in Your Word,”Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive”(Matthew 21:22). In Jesus’ name I ask that be so evident in me that I will be a godly role model. Give me the communication, teaching and nurturing skills that I must have. Make me the parent You want me to be and teach me how to pray and truly intercede for the life of this child. Lord, You said in Your Word,”Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive”(Matthew 21:22). In Jesus’...
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...Isaac, the miracle child, born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age as a gift by God to Abraham to help to make his relatives and descendants a great nation. Three lords (thought to be the father, the son and the Holy Spirit) visited Abraham and told him in a year he would have a son. In normal circumstances, this would seem impossible because Sarah was 90 years old and Abraham was 100! Sarah (Abraham’s wife) had been eavesdropping on the lords and Abraham, and thought that they were once again teasing her by getting her hopes up with the thought of her being able to have a child of her own. God had kept his promise because Abraham had done what god had asked of him, and named the baby Isaac, meaning “he laughs. When Isaac was very young...
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...Intercessory Prayer HLT 302 Grand Canyon University Gloria Jordan February 2, 2011 After reviewing Jaroff’s article which was about a research study of the effects of intercessory prayer, on woman who wanted to conceive children and who had underwent in-vitro fertilization in order to do so. The study was conducted to see if having the woman prayed for along with the in-vitro fertilization process, would prayer impact the success rate. According to the research some were successful, but when the research was viewed by other researchers the finding were found to be invalid and that the researchers themselves, unqualified to conduct such studies. From the patients point if view their main goal was to have a child, and not being able to do so by natural means opted to undergo in-vitro fertilization, which is a process that may not produce the desires response one hundred percent of the time. Being prayer for did not in any way cause harm to the women who were prayed for, because they were unaware that it was being done. This writer feels that in spite the fact that other researchers found that the study was bogus, the woman who were able to conceive would have welcomed the intervention of prayer if given the choice. In the Bible there are examples in the stories of woman who were barren and prayed to be able to conceive a child, a few of these woman are Hannah, Sarah, Rebecca and Elizabeth. ...
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...Foundations of Mythology Short Answers Cartesha Campbell Hum/105 November 10, 2011 Joni Lawton, Ed. D How is the word myth used popularly? For example, what does the statement, “It’s a myth” mean? In contrast, how is the word myth used in the academic context? After considering the definition in your textbooks and course materials, write a definition in your own words. * * A myth is a culturally important story forming a primary, foundational account of a culture and the individual's role within that culture. A myth commonly explains origins of phenomena; justifies and validates the practices or beliefs of a culture; and reveals the political, moral, or religious values of a culture. Every culture has mythic literature, but the best known are ancient and anonymous tales of gods and other supernatural beings (Magoulick, n.d.). In my opinion a myth is something made up, as in folktale. For example, the Lockness monster is a myth it has never been proven that the creature exist. Folk tales and myths are very much different because folk tales are stories told for entertainment and myths express beliefs held by a culture to be truth. The meaning of “It’s a myth” pertains to when someone is telling a story or symbolizing to relate to truth of the unknown of existence of the world or a higher power. * Why do myths from different cultures around the world address such similar or universal themes? Think about how myths explain the unknown and the tribulations of...
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...De’Aisha Waller Professor Trokan Religion 102 November 11, 2013 "For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." This one sentence summary found at the very end of Luke 18:9-14 should give us all a good slap in the face. This particular passage is of vital importance in the Christian walk. Luke 18:9-14 tells us about a Pharisee and a tax collector who both go to a temple to pray. The Pharisee stands before God praying about himself; he thanks God that he is not like other men and women and that he is not like the tax collector beside him. At the same time, the tax collector lays himself down before the Lord praying that God have mercy on him, a sinner. Recognizing his sin and unworthiness the tax collector humbles himself and asks for the Lords mercy; which brings him forgiveness and peace. The Pharisee on the other hand looks down upon the tax collector and even thanks God that he is not like other men and women. This sense of self drives a wedge in the Pharisees relationship to God and also brings wrath and judgment upon himself. As I read this passage I found myself saying, "I must remain humble." Asking that question daily in every situation and circumstance will help each to avoid a mind set of self-righteousness as seen in Luke 18:9-14. (cf. Forerunner Commentary) The historical context of Luke is fairly interesting. Upon reading the gospels one might conclude that Matthew, Mark and Luke all pretty much say the same...
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...Characteristics of a Prince Laging nasa Basurahan Nakatira sa isang Palace Isaiah 64:6 John 1:12 Beggar = Old Self Prince = New Self Beggar / Old Self Prince / New Self Prayer (Child to Father) Word (Father to Child) Fellowship (Child to Child) Evangelism (Child to not a Child) * Prayer - a way of communicating with God (Father) by a person that accepted Christ in their life (Christians). Source ---------- Receiver (You) (God) * Word – God’s way of communicating with His children. - God answers our prayers through reading the Bible. Receiver---------- Source (God) (You) *Fellowship - a relationship that is formed between two or more believers - can be a source of help if ever a person is experiencing trials and problems in life because of committing sins. - intensifies your relationship with God by helping and guiding each other to become a mature Christian (to grow more with God). - observe during BIBLE STUDY, CELL GROUP MEETINGS, GOING TO CHURCH and even YOUTH FELLOWSHIPS (eg. LA Youth Fellowship (LAYF)). *Evangelism – as Christians we should learn to share the Gospel to other people (unbelievers/ not YET a child of God). - It is very important to let other people know what you have learned and experienced from God. Since this may be their ONLY way of building a relationship with God. GREAT PROBLEM!!! I. Prince...
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...United States consistently became more and more diversified, and has now become one of the most pluralistic nations in the world, with over 2,000 different religions and denominations spread throughout. “Even within Christianity, the diversity and range of belief is startling” (Boston 1). Therefore, it should come as no surprise that students and teachers attending public school systems come from various religious backgrounds. Still, however, many public schools favor Christianity over all other religions. This has only caused several citizens of the United States to take the educational facilities to court, and fight against the constitutionality of teacher led and student led prayer in public schools. Throughout the past 20 years, many states have made it illegal for teachers to lead prayer in public schools, and have tried to take religion out of the public schools entirely. The government scrutinizes teachers with its many laws and regulations to ensure that they will follow the First Amendment. Ironically, as the government remains to oppress teachers with enforcing many laws, it makes it harder for them to live within the boundaries of the First...
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