Subscribe Feed (RSS)Thursday, May 7, 2009 is National Prayer Day in the USA .
Prayer is understood to be communication with the Divine. Most major religions in the world involve prayer in some way in there teachings and rituals.
Prayer is an immediate, present time communication.
Twitter has become the Internet’s number one place for immediate present time communication.
Twitter members have created and celebrated real time events through hash tag gatherings, such as New Year’s Eve, #jourchat and #pillow on World Pillow Fight Day [See TwitterWhack! World Pillow Fight Day –Twitter as Interactive Conceptual Art ]] hash tag “parties “ such as the one held this past New Year’s Eve.
| On the National Day of Prayer Twitter members of all faiths are able to gather together through the ongoing #pray4 to Tweet their requests and pray for others’ requests. #pray4 is open to all members. It can be easily found by entering the term “#pray4” in Search.
Tweets began going out and being ReTweeted on May 5 th, asking that members Tweet one heartfelt request to #pray4 on Thursday, May 7 th , 2009 and also asking that members visit #pray4 to pray. Although on any other day a Tweet to a particular member announcing that one is praying for the belongs as a DM as a whispered, private aside, far more than it belongs in the stream, Perhaps on this day of prayer it is fitting to Tweet these in the stream. An example of such a message could be “@TwitterFriend I just prayed for your request at #pray4.” Let’s remember that this day is a celebration of our religious freedom, our diversity and friendship that goes far beyond tolerance. These ideals that are part of the Constitution of the USA, and also are held by many other countries world wide are also echoed in Twitter’s Terms of Service agreement. |
Light of HopeStrokes: Psalm |
Personally I thank and encourage others to join with me thanking @Ev, @Biz and all the people of Twitter for the opportunity we have on a world wide scale that is unlimited by Twitter to come together to communicate our concerns, hopes, truths, joy and friendship. Please include our Twitter hosts in your prayers on this day. None of these celebrations or events mentioned in this blog were or are created by or promoted by Twitter. Twitter provides a microblogging site and service, where members create content for the community, which is governed by its TOS.
Most of all though this is a day when we can come together to pray for the US and it’s leaders (whether we agree with them or not), those who serve here and abroad and all Americans, plus people throughout the world that we could all know and enjoy peace and prosperity.
[Judy Rey Wasserman is the Founder and an Artist of Post Conceptual UnGraven Image Art, which among other things is the first theory of religious art founded in the USA . Being uniquely American, it is fully inclusive for all. Learn more at http://ungravenimage.com ]
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Dear Judy Rey,
Thanks for your friendship and encouragement.
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