Tag Archives: Memorial Day
More than a Holiday
There is an old hymn, that you might have sung, in which the song writer notes, “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. . . .” We do so quickly forget and devalue the great things we have been given. From ancient times civic leaders have been wise to erect memorials to citizens who have sacrificed or done great things for their countries.
Veterans Affairs Attempts to Censor Memorial Day Prayer in Texas
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a Christian pastor can pray in the name of Jesus at a Memorial Day ceremony. As a result of the judge’s decision, Pastor Scott Rainey did just that Monday at a Memorial Day Service at the National Cemetery in Houston.
Reverend Rainey, the pastor of Living Word Church of the Nazarene, has offered an invocation the last two years at the Memorial Day observance in Houston. But this year cemetery director Arleen Occasio asked to review his prayer prior to the ceremony.
Occasio then informed Pastor Rainey that he would not be …
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Tagged Arleen Occasio, Houston, Jeff Mateer, Liberty Institute, Lynn Hughes, Memorial Day, Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Pastor Scott Rainey, Texas, veterans
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