Franklin Graham? We are prayin’ fer ye.

The president-elect has invited Franklin Graham, who has called Islam “wicked” and “evil.” He will be leading a prayer during Trump’s Inauguration Day. The Center for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has asked that Graham be dropped from the roster. Here are the other main religious leaders who will pray with Mr. Trump on Inauguration Day. I can see …

From the folks who brought you the weekends…

Happy Labor Day. We here at Dating Jesus are taking the day off to commemorate the sacrifices made by early union leaders, and to spend time in thoughtful prayer for latter-day union leaders. Onward and see you tomorrow.

A year ago today…

…a bigot-coward shot up a church in Charleston, S.C., and killed nine church-goers, with whom he’d been studying the Bible. Prayer and Bible study continue at the church. Here. Read this, from the daughter of a woman killed at the church.

So a little Texas girls prays with these officers on their lunch break

Her father snapped the photo of 5-year old Chloe with the officers, and sent it to the local police. I would have loved to have heard her prayer.

Baby Jesus is crying, Rev. Lotz

Evoking Big Angry God, the Rev. Anne Graham Lotz (Billy’s daughter) said in a recent interview that terrorist attacks and weird weather patterns are a result of God’s wrath because we are slackers and sinners and people get to pick their own bathrooms, and because of that, America is imploding. Lotz said in the interview …

Opportunities to pray (or just be) with your extended family

The Hartford Seminary is hosting an Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the seminary at 77 Sherman in Hartford. The program, organized by seminary students, should last about an hour, and will include speeches by several student leaders, readings from letters by family members of recent victims, interfaith prayer, song and …

Did you see the super moon? And then the eclipse?

We repaired to our town beach to watch, and then we stayed to watch what we thought was the eclipse, but it was slow in coming so we went home and watched that from the privacy of our back stoop. The trip to the beach was worth it, though. Entire families came in their cars …

Prayers for former Gov. Rowland and his family.

Connecticut’s former governor, John G. Rowland, has again been found with his hand in the cookie jar and now he’s going back to jail. The actual crimes were: seven counts that included obstructing justice, conspiracy, falsifying documents relied on by federal regulators and other violations of campaign finance laws. As a former member of the …

“Unaffiliated” doesn’t mean “atheist”

Leftover has pointed that out several times, most lately with this Washington Post analysis of the 2014 General Social Survey. Basically, Americans are staying away from church in record numbers, but they continue to participate in some religious practices, such as prayer. From the Post story: The stability of prayer contrasts sharply with erosion on …

We now offer up prayers for Judge Roy Moore of Alabama

Judge Moore comes to the mercy seat — again — bearing the sin of arrogance, for which he should be delivered. Oh, Lord, we pray that Judge Moore — one of your own children — sees the error of his way in believing he knows the definition of “organic law.” We pray that Judge Moore …