Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
National Day of Prayer: Meet at City Hall Thursday,12:20pm
Thursday, May 1st, is the National Day of Prayer , a day set aside to pray for our country.
When
I look at the problems in our world, nation, state, community, and our
schools, it becomes very clear to me that our intellect and financial
resources alone cannot solve these problems. Our founding fathers
realized this early in our country’s history too.
According to
the National Day of Prayer website, “The National Day of Prayer is a
vital part of our heritage. Since the first call to prayer in 1775,
when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in
forming a nation, the call to prayer has continued through our history,
including President Lincoln's proclamation of a day of "humiliation,
fasting, and prayer" in 1863. In 1952, a joint resolution by Congress,
signed by President Truman, declared an annual, national day of prayer.”
In
recent years, there has also been an open invitation for people of
faith to meet on this day at their local city hall from 12:20 pm –
12:40 pm for 20 minutes of prayer.
Last year was the first time I made it to City Hall for this special time. This is what happened in 2007.
I arrived at city hall a few minutes late and was rather expecting to see a small group at the 3 flag poles on the plaza but didn't. There just was a maintenance worker eating lunch at a picnic table and 2 people seated on the ledge by the POW memorial plaque.Although I did not really expect anything inside City Hall due to today's mistaken separation of church /state stance, I checked there anyway. Nothing there. Back outside, I thought I would walk past the man and woman seated by the plaque. I realized as I got closer the man was Cater Doering--the veteran who petitioned city hall for the city to fly the POW flag.Carter recognized me and as I approached, I saw the woman was holding up a Declaration of Independence. They were reading it together and commenting about how many references there were about our Creator, etc. I asked if I could join them. Soon after, 2 separate vehicles pulled up and parked. A woman got out of each and asked if they could join us.We then stood in a circle, joined hands and prayed. Each of us prayed at least once for our nation, city, soldiers, POW/MIAs, our country's youth, the president, etc. There was also thanksgiving for the foiled terrorist plots and the protection our nation has been blessed with since 9/11. It was a great experience.Here I did not know the 3 women at all, but it did not matter because we were there for a common purpose. We must have prayed there about 15 minutes or so, then the 2 women had to get back to work.
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