The prayers of a nation: An on-field tragedy reveals still strong spiritual inclinations
“ ‘Pray for Damar Hamlin’ became a national exhortation. It was everywhere. The universal urge and call to prayer keenly revealed how embedded man’s spiritual nature is within him, despite what our culture says and does to try to remove the divine from our horizon.” - World
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“despite what our culture says”… There is plenty wrong with our culture, but I want to point out that this interest in prayer is not “despite” what our culture says. It is our culture saying. I feel like it matters, because the mantra these days is that American culture is all bad all the time. The truth is more complex.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
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