Lord's Prayer

Religious practice is widespread in the United States. About 40 percent of the population admits to attending religious services at least once a week, but the effects of spirituality on health were unclear. In the absence of scientific evidence, this group of researchers used the statistical data of 74,534 women, who participated between 1992 and 2012 in a report on the Health of Nurses. Over the course of 16 years, nurses answered questionnaires every two years about their diet, lifestyle and…

What if prayer in public schools had never been banned, but instead inforced? What if every day when you went to school, you were forced to stand for a morning prayer? The 1962 ban of prayer in schools, was a big step toward the seperation of church and state. The United States Constitution, plays a huge roll in the ban of prayer in public schools. Prayer in schools, violates the constitution. Prayer in public schools, violates your constitutional right to practice the religon of your choice.…

Spirituality is defined as a relationship with God and the extraordinary values which “reflects a ‘fleshes out’ the experiences of one’s relationship with God through one’s belief, values, lifestyle, quality of life, and interactions with self, others, and nature” (Taylor, 2002, p. 7). Spirituality is very important in our lives and in health care because having a powerful spiritual perspective can help you find meaning in life. Having a spiritual knowledge is important because it shows what you…

In 1963, a court case changed the role of the public school and it’s affects on the Constitutional rights of students. Prayer in public schools is an extremely controversial subject ever since Engel v. Vitale that decided that no establishment of public education could instruct, guide, or encourage any religion. The controversy mainly lies between the question of Constitutionality regarding the rights of citizens to practice religion how they wish, or to do the opposite. Other aspects of the…

Most public schools begin their day by reciting the pledge of allegiance. Saying the words you learned since 3rd grade seems easy enough, but as you progress through school you learn more of your rights you are guaranteed by the united states constitution like freedom of religion which is our great nations first amendment. All across the country students are required to recite it, and if they don’t, they will be punished for acting out in class. What they don't realize is that they are only…

The Pledge of Allegiance Although many American citizens believe that students should be required to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance because it shows respect and patriotism, standing for the Pledge should not be mandatory for students because it goes against their rights, possibly their religion, and it is also morally wrong to force a student to stand for the Pledge if they are unwilling to do so. Several courts have ruled that forcing students to stand and recite the Pledge goes against…

Should Public Schools Allow Prayer? With any and all religiously based arguments the ongoing debate of whether or not to involve prayer in public school is heated. Both parties on the subject at hand have valid concerns and legitimate stand points. With the society that we live in today’s day and age is entirely involved with religious freedoms that allow us all free liberties. The subject matter of prayer in public school has existed in the U.S since around the 1830’s. However in and around…

When God created the world, He created it without sin. However, the prefect beauty of the world was soon corrupted by sin. In response to this, God reacted with grace and mercy, and invited us into relationship with Him. In order to maintain relationship with Him, Christians exercise spiritual discipline. These disciplines, inward, outward, and corporate, reflect our desire to commune with God and demonstrate our need for Him as our savior. In his book Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster…

spiritual formation and the implementation of prayer and faith? In order to understand the importance of pastoral counseling, one might need to know what elements are to be included. There are several types of counseling and psychological methods and remedies concerning various issues and conflicts. However, one might conclude to understand that pastoral counseling serves in an arena all by itself. When it comes to pastoral counseling, faith, prayer, and spiritual formation all play very…

for God and seen only by God. At the commencement of Bible College I understood fasting to be a practice that people in the church did in order to get God to hear their prayers and move on their behalf and answer the prayers that they had placed before Him during the time of fasting. It was like a way to get your prayers answered in an accelerated way. Mother Teresa would be a person in history who I class as someone who significantly contributed to the discipline of fasting. If…