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Michele Bachmann's GOP strategy for beating Hillary Clinton — God Former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has come up with an innovative strategy for Republicans to take back the white house in 2016: "Cry out to God," she said. In the Media by Yukio Strachan - 3 comments

Alabama gov't agency opens meeting with anti-gay marriage prayer Montgomery - A state government agency in Alabama opened a meeting last week with a Christian prayer against abortion and gay marriage. In the Media by Brett Wilkins

Woman says she was fired from Wal-Mart for prayer with customers Bakersfield - A former Wal-Mart pharmacist claims she was fired for praying with customers and that her termination was retaliation for blowing the whistle on co-workers' illegal activities. In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 5 comments

Need a prayer? Florida church offers drive-thru service Fort Lauderdale - A church in Florida is offering a new service to those driving through the area. Every Friday, members of a local Pentecostal congregation have been gathering together to provide a drive-thru prayer service. In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 6 comments

Pastor thanks God for his 'smokin' hot wife' Most people laughed and cheered, although some found it blasphemous, when Pastor Joe Nelms thanked God for his "smokin' hot wife" during a prayer before a NASCAR event. In the Media by Lynn Curwin - 4 comments

In Jerusalem for mass prayer for rain Special Jerusalem - Hundreds of Jews gathered on November 29 - the 22nd day of the Jewish month of Kislev in the year 5771 - at the Wailing Wall for a large prayer rally for rain, following a day of fast called upon by Chief Rabbis of Israel. Digital Journal Report by Alessandro Di Maio - 11 comments

Police chief claims prayer has led to higher crime detection rate A senior policeman from the southwest England is claiming that the prayers of the local community have helped his officers improve their crime detection rate. In the Media by Chris Dade - 1 comment

Uniting Church Launches Online Prayer Room Uniting Church of South Australia launches online prayer room in an attempt to encourage internet users to spend time reflecting with God. In the Media by Tracey Lloyd

Atlanta bus driver suspended after forcing passengers to pray A bus driver for Atlanta's public transit has been suspended after refusing to let passengers off of his bus if they didn't pray. In the Media by KJ Mullins

Prayer Meeting Between Robber and Victim Interrupts Holdup “Hands up! Your money or your life,” is the usual demand from robbers, not we’ll pray together before I separate you from your money. In the Media by Sandy Sand

Prayer Trumps Medicine in Decision over Child Death On July 23 an Oregon jury acquitted two parents, Carl and Raylene Worthington, in the death of their 15-month-old daughter, who died of pneumonia. A jury sympathized with their use of prayer not medicine to save the child's life. In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 1 comment

Woman who prayed as daughter died found guilty A Wisconsin county jury found the mother guilty after she was accused of resorting to prayers instead of treating her dying daughter in the hospital. In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 9 comments

Miracle mum's cancer disappears A scan on a woman diagnosed with terminal cancer and given only a year to live has revealed that her tumour has miraculously disappeared. In the Media by Andy Madden - 9 comments

Ten years in prison for praying pilot A Tunisian pilot who left the steering to his co-pilot and started praying when his plane ran into trouble has been sentenced to ten years in prison in Italy. In the Media by Richard James

High Court refuses to hear high school coach's prayer case The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a New Jersey football coach who wants to pray with his students. Since 1983, Marcus Borden has allegedly engaged in prayer activity during school events, but that officially must stop. In the Media by Nikki Weingartner - 18 comments

When a Pharmacy Encourages Prayer Instead of Pills Yesterday I bought medicine for my arthritis at the local drugstore. The clerk in the pharmacy section said, “You don't need those. I just deal with pain myself and turn to the Lord, so try that instead." In the Media by Carol Forsloff - 24 comments

Op-Ed: Barack Obama Unites the World in Prayer Today's historical inauguration of the 44th President of the United States of America was without doubt a huge success. But then again, we did not expect anything less from the Americans. In the Media by Janice Ambrose - 6 comments

iBreviary: the prayer on iPhone iBreviary is a new application for iPhone users, available from immediately in Spanish, French, English, Latin and Italian. iBreviary offers the possibility, in a simple way, to pray while on the go. In the Media by don Paolo Padrini

Detroit church prays while SUVs are at the altar Three new sport utility vehicles sat at the altar of a large Detroit church while prayers were offered for Congress to help the domestic auto industry. The service began with the Clark Sisters song, “I’m Looking for a Miracle” In the Media by Cynthia Trowbridge - 17 comments

Class Forced To Pray To Allah At A Cheshire School In The UK A class at the Alsager school in Cheshire, UK gave two boys detention when they refused to pray to Allah. The incident took place during Alison Phillips' RE class this Tuesday. In the Media by KJ Mullins - 12 comments

Op-Ed: FLDS Women Desire Privacy During Prayer And The Right To Nurse Their Infants The FLDS women being held by Texas authorities have made 3 requests. They would like to have privacy during prayers, they would like to continue to breastfeed their infants, and they would like to have phones to communicate with their attorneys. In the Media by Pamela Jean - 19 comments

Parents Pray as Daughter Dies of Treatable Diabetes "She explained to us that she believes her daughter's in a coma now and she's relying on faith...Please. I mean, she's refusing. She's going to fight it. ... We've been trying to get her to take her to the hospital for a week, a few days now." In the Media by Brant David McLaughlin - 5 comments

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church While we are remembering our war heroes in the U.S. and Canada today, Christians around the world are remembering the Persecuted Church. Today is also the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. In the Media by Sheba - 10 comments

The Coach Who Lead Prayer, Or Did He? If a coach bows his head during a student led prayer is he endorsing prayer? Some that are involved in the national debate over school prayer think so. Coach Borden says he was bowing his head out of respect and not endorsing the student's prayer. In the Media by allenbell - 11 comments

Op-Ed: How We Pray, A Habit Explored As I led my children in prayer yesterday, I closed my eyes, bowed my head, and folded my hands together in my traditional habit of praying. But after we were done, my youngest son asked me why I prayed the way I did. In the Media by Kim Ruiz (givemetruth) - 1 comment

Moment Of Silence In Schools Unconstitutional? A family in Texas is suing Governor Rick Perry, and their children's school district over a state mandated moment of silence that directly follows the pledge of allegiance, claiming it's forcing religion on the children. In the Media by Oliver VanDervoort - 48 comments

Is It Job Discrimation If Your Employer Doesn't Allow You To Pray 5 Times A Day? Federal complaints alleging religious discrimination at work has more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Muslims are suing employers, stating that they should be allowed to have 5 breaks per day to perform their prayers to Allah. Employers disagree..... In the Media by Pamela Jean - 32 comments

Belief in the Existence of God Belief in traditional Christian doctrine has become increasingly difficult for me. In the Media by myobservations - 2 comments

Adopt a Nun Now you can adopt a nun for yourself or a friend to pray for you for a whole year. Money raised through this program goes to support aging nuns. In the Media by bullseye

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