• Thought For The Day

    Prayer

    From the Associated Press on Wednesday, May 6th. WHITE HOUSE – This Thursday, for the first time in nine years, there won’t be a White House ceremony in observance of the National Day of Prayer.  White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama will pray privately as he does every day, but his only public acknowledgement will be to issue a White House proclamation. Republican Congressman Randy Forbes, co-chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, says a proclamation urging Americans to pray would be more meaningful if the president set a public example. Forbes calls it a missed opportunity, but says, “Hopefully we’ll have millions of people around the country…