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To: Skywatcher who wrote (57059)	2/1/2006 5:54:40 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 362456

Saving that one. Here's a real thing... pbase.com

To: Skywatcher who wrote (57059)	2/1/2006 6:20:10 PM
From: twmoore	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362456

>This Pastor has guts!! > > Thought you might enjoy this interesting Prayer given in Kansas at the >opening session of their Senate. >It seems Prayer still upsets some people. > When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas >Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what >they heard: > >"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to >seek >your direction and guidance. > We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is >exactly what we have done. >We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. > >We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. > >We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. > >We have killed our unborn and called it choice. > >We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. > >We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self >esteem. > >We have abused power and called it politics. > >We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. > >We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it >freedom >of expression. > >We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it >enlightenment. > >Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin >and >set us free. Amen!" > >The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the >prayer in protest. > > In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev.Wright is pastor, >logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding >negatively. > The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this >prayer from India, Africa and Korea. > >Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest >of the Story," and received a larger response to this program than any >other he has ever aired.