Tag: PRAYER

Auburn University baseball’s associate director of communications responded to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s (FFRF) demand to cease usage of religious symbols and coach-led prayers.

The Auburn University baseball program received a demand from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) concerning new practice gear and prayer, which they say coerce players to participate in religion.

There are certain things only we human beings can do that we should never allow the machines to pretend to do – else we create something ugly, wicked and untrue.

From posting the Ten Commandments to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, the state legislature achieved several victories for education this past session.

Have you ever noticed the cruel irony that some who cry out for conflict bring about harmony, while those who scream for peace – by the way they scream – seem to bring war? 

A bill that would allow voters to amend the state constitution to mandate a daily Pledge of Allegiance and student-led voluntary prayer time in Alabama schools passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday. 

Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Parish is hosting a “Quiet Christmas” service on December 15 for those seeking peace this holiday season.

Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis gave the invocation at the Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation’s annual luncheon.

It’s been a terrible week in terms of protecting our children.

We have been walking the Camino de Santiago for a long time now. I don’t even remember when we started. It seems like 600 years ago we set out. I don’t even remember why we’re out here.

Maybe renewal begins not with new policies but ancient prayers spoken in one voice. 

Daily prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance were as common as school lunch from students in previous generations, a time when many things were better in America, according to State Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road). That’s why he’s proposed a constitutional amendment to return both practices to the classroom.

If we want to ensure that our leaders remain good, pursuing righteous policies for our nation, then one of the simplest things we can do is get on our knees every day and pray for them.

On Highway 67, atop Priceville Mountain, stands the Cross of North Alabama. The 121-foot cross stands proudly in a flawless blue sky, overlooking a rural Morgan County.

In times of uncertainty and hardship, we are often reminded of the need to stand together, not just as neighbors, but as a community bound by compassion, faith and a sense of shared responsibility.

To say this presidential election will shape the future for our children is not an embellishment. You may not like either candidate. That’s OK. You just need to be awake regarding the facts. The time to engage is now before it’s too late.

I could not understand what he was saying, per the impediment. The cashiers had decided, apparently, to ignore him. This had to be embarrassing, but it never stopped the kid from trying.

Additional prayer vigils are planned throughout the North Central Alabama area this summer.

Anyone can pray. We do not gain entrée through our status in life. Yet there is something decidedly unique when a leader prays.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is going after the Birmingham Police Department for having a roll-call prayer.

Following the viral news of children at a drag show at Oyster City Brewing Company in Mobile last month, a group of concerned citizens gathered Sunday for the brewery’s monthly drag brunch.

Try as we may, we never quite figure Franklin out. Nothing is obvious in him, especially his faith and morals. The famed deist always seems to be winking at us.

We need to get on our knees and turn to God in prayer and beg Him to do a work in us – His people – and then do a work in our country. We need to do what’s right in big things and in small so that when God looks down on us, He sees a remnant of people who are faithful to Him alone, because our actions – the actions of God’s people – are what will heal our land.

All it takes is a little education for the folks who receive the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s toothless threats, and most of the FFRF's power evaporates.

The Mobile City Council met for a regular meeting Tuesday and opened with a prayer following criticism from LGBT activists the week prior.

Christians United Ministries, a believer-supported international ministry of prayer, has been around since 1999. It started in the Elberta home of Jan Hicks after she got into a little bit of trouble herself. Well, Hicks got into a lot of trouble and to this day is thankful to be alive.

The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings.