And so we pray.

From: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: September 5, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Jeffrey Weiss

In large congregations, small groups and individual hearts, one common response to the horror of Hurricane Katrina has been prayer.

President Bush urged people to pray for strength and comfort for the victims. So did the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi.

The president of the Southern Baptist seminary in New Orleans asked God to show emergency workers how to stop the flooding.

The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church asked Jesus to grant a unity of spirit to those who are helping and those in need of help.

But many Christians, ...

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