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with contributions from Jan Karon, Mark Ellis

"EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, the networks give us news in prime time. And God gives us a prime opportunity.

"As the images of terror, murder, and mayhem of every kind roll on, seemingly into infinity, it is definitely not a time to put our feet up and relax; it's a time to put our heads into the wind, as it were, and pray.

"Television is about 'sound-bites.' Thus, we're forced to utter prayer bites' ('Sentence prayers,' they're sometimes called). These short. urgent prayers can't possibly cover all the needs of every situation. Yet we believe, with St. James, that the 'effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.'

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