The annual celebration of American Independence can also inspire prayer.
There are all sorts of ways to celebrate the Fourth of July, our annual Independence Day. Parades, fireworks, cookouts, flags, patriotic music and red-white-and-blue decorations of all kinds are just a few. But there is another way, too. Our nation’s birthday can inspire prayer.
Here are just five ways prayer can be woven into your Fourth of July celebration—or practically any patriotic display.
How can we, in the midst of all we’re going through, make “Holy Week” a little more holy?
On Good Friday the cross of shame, defeat and failure was transformed into a symbol of victory.
When we celebrate Holy Week we walk through what Jesus’ followers felt–their bewilderment, their despair, their fear and their faltering faith.
