Prayer

When You Pray

When you forgive, you don’t change the past. You change the future. — unknown When you forgive, you in no way change the past—but you sure do change the future. — Bernard Meltzer, radio personality When you pray, you change the past. And the present. And the future. Pray more! — John Kremer Other quotations […]

God Bless the Victims, God Bless the Silence Breakers

God bless the victims of rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual predation, sexual misconduct, sexual misbehavior, and abuse of power. It’s sad that this list is so long. Please pray for these people. God bless Sil Lai Abrams, Jessicka Adams, Lilian Adams, Ebba Akerlund, Tori Amos, Michael Anello, Julia Ann, Lysette Anthony, Asia Argento, Rosanna Arquette, Henda […]

Anne Lamott: On Prayer

Here are the two best prayers I know: Help me, help me, help me and Thank you, thank you, thank you. — Anne Lamott Actually, Anne is wrong. Thank you, thank you, thank you is a valid and valuable prayer. But help me, help me, help me is the wrong spirit for a prayer. A […]

Bill Maher: On Thoughts and Prayers

I’m so sick of all of the reactions. I’m so sick of thoughts and prayers. First of all, thoughts are the opposite of prayers. A thought is, what should I do? A prayer is wishing on a star. Thoughts and prayers are the Republican way of saying tough shit. — Bill Maher, host of Real Time […]

George Clooney: On Prayer

I pray for my country. I pray that we can find more that unites us than divides us. I pray that our nation’s leaders want to do the same. I pray that young children like Tamir Rice can feel safe in their own neighborhood. I pray for all of our children. I pray for our […]

May God Bless Us All

May God bless us all. May God bless the United States. — President Monroe Bennett, character in Salvation TV series

Glennon Doyle: On the Secret of Life

The secret of life is not about knowing what to say or do. It’s not about doing love or loss right. Life cannot be handled. The secret is simply to show up. It’s about witnessing it all, even the pain, and letting it touch you and make you not harder, but more tender. Showing up, […]

Aaron Colin on Free Speech

I pray that we can be decent, empathetic enough citizens to fight for free speech even when we disagree with some of it, and also to treat each other well enough that we don’t have to try to legislate basic kindness and human interaction. — Aaron Colin

God Bless the Censors

God bless the Internet, organizational, individual, and government censors who are working hard to intimidate people and ideas that don’t match their idea of good, bad, love, hate, right, wrong, truth, and lies. Censorship, in any guise, is always wrong, always always wrong. There is no place for hate. There is no place for censorship. […]