In a sure clear voice, leader Nicki M. Gillis read from Mark's Gospel - the story of Mary Magdelene and other women preparing Jesus' tomb. Then, silence hung in the air for 15 minutes as the women contemplated what they believe is the word of God.Patricia Rice PostDispatch Religion...
That's no small task in a group of 50 or so Spanish-speaking parishioners gathered at St. Cyril of Alexandria Parish in Tucson, Arizona. As they do every Thursday for two hours, the men, women, and even teenagers come together to pray, sing, and share the Word of God with each ...
For the examples above, the unweighted MAHI-CCU scores would have been 5, 1, and 2, respectively. To evaluate interrater reproducibility for the MAHI-CCU score, 10 physicians (5 cardiologists and 5 cardiology fellows) blindly scored 11 randomly selected CCU patient charts. The raters were in...
The scriptures below are examples of intercessory prayer, preaching, and how our choices affect our lives: Ezekiel 22:30-31(KJV) And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge(a protective enclosure, (prayer and obedience to God would be a good start)), and stand in...
There are only a couple of examples. Instead, it appears that everything in the book of Acts happened at a prayer meeting, after a prayer meeting, or on the way to a prayer meeting. For too long in the modern age, we have made prayer only a DIY project. Of course, secret prayer ...
" Once they've answered appropriately, ask "Is it rough?" They'll easily be able to answer "No" when they see the smooth, silver surface. Explain to them that all of the words you've used are examples of adjectives.
m not saying that there aren’t studies that show prayer has an effect. There have been several such studies, but eventually they are shown to be flawed, and/or when the controls are tightened the effect disappears, and/or they have been shown to be fraudulent. I give three examples ...
Examples of statements that participants were prompted to respond to included: “Talk with God as you talk with a friend” (colloquial), “Recite prayers that you have memorized” (liturgical), “Spend time being in the presence of God” (meditative), and “Ask God for material things you ...
Since the 1950s, with the floodtide of medical advancements, spiritual healing by prayer has become labeled as a dangerous primitive behavior by the medical profession and by the Media. Examples of failures of spiritual healing for children have been featured by the Media. Children and adults who...
It is when we are on our knees that we are strongest—“for when I am weak, I am strong.” Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History gives us two examples of kneeling that further demonstrate the point. He tells of St. James the “brother of the Lord” having callouses on his knees from...