(Christian Headlines) — A Texas judge’s practice of opening his court sessions in chaplain-led prayer violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on government establishment of religion, a federal district court ruled Friday. Judge Wayne Mack, a justice of the peace in Montgomery County, Texas, created a chaplaincy program in 2014 allowing volunteer chaplains to “assist the […]
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Judge Sides with Atheist Group, Strikes Down Pre-Court Prayer as Unconstitutional
Ultraviolet Light Reveals Secret Keepers of Anne Boleyn’s Prayer Book
The controversial and tragic death of Anne Boleyn in 1536 AD is brought back to mind this week, 485 years since she was beheaded. Now, a master’s researcher from an English university has revealed a secret list of names who protected Anne Boleyn’s Prayer Book after she died. Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s second wife, […]
Convinced he’s dead, a young man asks a rabbi to recite mourner’s prayer for him
The film “The Forbidden Wish” begins with a young man entering an American synagogue the day before Yom Kippur. He encounters the rabbi, who is rehearsing his Kol Nidre sermon for the eve of the Day of Atonement. The young man asks the rabbi to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish mourner’s prayer. The rabbi assumes […]
A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan
COVID-19 cases in Palestine, especially in Gaza, reached record highs this month largely due to the arrival of a highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the UK. Gaza has always been vulnerable to pandemics. Under a hermetic blockade since 2006, the densely populated Strip lacks basic services like clean water, electricity, or equipped hospitals. […]
Pope Francis Announces ‘MARATHON MONTH’ Of Global Prayer Asking To Worship Mary To End The Pandemic
Pope Francis has announced a ‘marathon’ month of prayer throughout May with the aim of ending the Covid-19 pandemic, month will involve 30 Marian shrines, which are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, across the globe which will encourage worshippers to pray. Catholics will tell you that they 1). do not worship Mary, and 2). that they […]
A Prayer from a Science Fundamentalist in Kerala
Oh God of Science and ReasonProtect us from these activistsWe are only performing our missionary roleTo promote scientific thinking Even if the entire world bans EndosulfanOur bishops and priests of science have said that it is necessaryEven if the whole world goes back on nuclear energyOur bishops and priests of science have said that it […]
Mercer U. Theology Prof’s Prayer: ‘Dear God, Please Help Me to Hate White People’
Mercer University theology professor Chanequa Walker-Barnes wrote a prayer in which she asks God to help her “hate white people,” specifically, “the nice ones,” such as “the Fox News-loving, Trump-supporting voters” who “don’t see color.” She published the “Prayer of a Weary Black Woman” in the book A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal. […]
Jewish Community Marks Loss of Prince Philip, Beginning with Prayer
(JNS) As the United Kingdom honored Prince Philip, who died on April 9 at the age 99, with a gun salute, flags at half-staff and the many who paid tribute outside of Buckingham Palace, Sabbath prayers for the longest-serving royal consort were a bit different in synagogues across England. For decades, the blessings recited for […]
Target Sells Prayer Book: “Dear God, Please Help Me to Hate White People”
I could probably publish 10 articles a day detailing the latest in anti-White insanity, but I honestly do not have the time or inclination to do so. I think by now the Renegade Tribune audience can recognize the hypocrisy of “anti-racists” who hate White people for being White and understand the genocidal agenda at play […]
Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent
On the first weekend of the coronavirus lockdowns in New York City in March 2020, Rabbi Rachel Ain decided that her Conservative synagogue would conduct Shabbat services online over Zoom, the videoconferencing platform then still largely confined to the business world but soon to become a household word. Doing so technically violated a 2001 decision […]
Jewish prayer for dew helps mourn Boulder shooting
The day was cold, but not too cold — typical March weather for the Rocky Mountains. I was heading to Boulder to pick up one of our daughters from the University of Colorado. COVID had canceled their regular spring break, but she needed some time away from campus, so off I went. Her twin sister […]
Prayer Clearly Drawn Out To Give Worship Team Time To Leave The Stage
COLUMBUS, OH—Local churchgoers are questioning the authenticity of a closing prayer given after the morning service at Relevant Escalation City Spirit-Burn Community Church. According to some witnesses, the prayer was clearly drawn out to give the worship team ample time to exit the stage. “Oh, Father God, we just, just, praise you right now oh Father […]
Right Wing Round-Up: A Prayer for the President
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Arab Nurse Recites ‘Shema Yisrael’ Prayer for Jewish Patient Before He Dies of COVID-19
HaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The Arab head nurse at the COVID-19 unit of Ha’emek Medical Center in Afula, Israel, recited the Hebrew “Shema Yisrael” prayer for a Jewish patient before he died of coronavirus, Israel Hayom reported Friday. Ibrahim Maher treated coronavirus patient Shlomo Galster, a Hasidic resident of northern Israel, […]
Cholent, pizza and prayer cards: Haredi community targeted in vaccination drive
Israel’s world-leading vaccination campaign, which has been beefed up lately by incentivizing inoculations with free food and setting up mobile immunization units in forests, has in recent days focused efforts on the country’s ultra-Orthodox community. On Tuesday, the Magen David Adom emergency service sent mobile vaccination units to inoculate students in yeshivas around the country. […]
‘Black Robe’ Pastor Wore Oath Keepers T-Shirt at Trump ‘Prayer Rally’ in December: ‘We Are the Government of America’
Religious-right author and pundit Eric Metaxas hosted Virginia pastor Bill Cook on his radio show last Friday, where Cook said that all legitimate governments are based in “the lordship of Jesus Christ” and that Christians are “called to govern.” Cook met Metaxas at a pro-Trump “prayer rally” on the National Mall organized by Jericho March […]
Biden pushes faith as a unifier at National Prayer Breakfast
President Joe Biden on Thursday pushed faith as the prescription for the “dark, dark times” he said the nation is suffering through amid an ongoing pandemic and the accompanying economic fallout. “Now, I have attended many of these prayer breakfasts over the years with a nation at war and struggle and strife, a nation of […]
Voice of the Martyrs Releases 2021 Global Prayer Guide
(Mission Network News) – The Church should support and lift its members up before God, but how do you pray for people that you have never met? The Voice of Martyrs, USA (VOM USA) offers insights into the lives and needs of Christians around the world through their 2021 Global Prayer Guide. Todd Nettleton with […]
A Prayer for President Biden and America
US President Joe Biden delivers his speech after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg Incoming presidents are always faced with challenges; no one enters the White House on a free ride. Ever-present threats […]
A Prayer of Outrage and Hope for our Country After the Siege of our Capital
A president who refuses to accept defeat, Who continues to insist that facts are on his side, Who asks his followers to overturn the results of a free democratic election, Who calls for insurrection and violence Is a stain on the sacred office. A leader who downplays the severity of a deadly virus Who encourages […]