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Holy Cow! Pastor offers free prayers at coffee houses
Fox News.com ^
| February 12, 2016
| Todd Starnes
Posted on 02/12/2016 3:15:19 PM PST by Kaslin
Coffee is not exactly Thomas Rusert's cup of tea.
Nevertheless, every Thursday morning Pastor Thomas indulges himself in a steaming cup of java at local coffee houses.
"I'm a tea drinker all the other days of the week," said Thomas, the associate pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. "I'm a weirdly patterned person." It does seem a bit unusual - akin to a vegetarian ordering tofu at a barbecue joint. But it turns the pastor's weekly coffee klatch is all about prayer. Yes, prayer.
Every Thursday morning, Pastor Thomas puts on a clergy collar and sets up shop in a local coffee house. He sets out a little sign that reads, "Free Prayer," and then waits to see who God sends his way.
"I'm humbled all the time by the way that the Spirit works," the pastor told me. "God is working to give people the courage to say, 'All right - I'm going to take this pastor up on this offer.'"
And they have - by the hundreds.
The "Free Prayer" program started quietly last summer - inspired by a word of advice Pastor Thomas had received from another member of the clergy -- a pastor is doing the job well when at least half of his or her time is spent outside the office
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posted on
02/12/2016 3:15:19 PM PST
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
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posted on
02/12/2016 3:21:44 PM PST
by
xzins
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To: Kaslin
Free prayers? Who the hell would be stupid enough to pay for em?
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posted on
02/12/2016 3:26:39 PM PST
by
Durbin
To: Kaslin
Free prayers? Isn”t it a sin to charge?
To: Durbin
Free prayers? Who the hell would be stupid enough to pay for em? People have been paying the Catholic Church for almost 2000 years not to mention all the nuts you can find on so called Christian TV.
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posted on
02/12/2016 3:49:44 PM PST
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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posted on
02/12/2016 3:49:57 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: Kaslin
Mat 6:5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."
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posted on
02/12/2016 4:28:19 PM PST
by
patlin
("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
To: Kaslin
The point of the story that catches my eye is they still have coffeehouses out there.
So, what are the prayers?
Like man, let us pray to that big Daddio in the sky. May he brings peace, beads and some bread your way. You know, some skin for your bills, man.
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posted on
02/12/2016 4:34:14 PM PST
by
Beowulf9
Lets fill'er up folks...
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:12:25 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: Kaslin
I’ve wondered why MY offer of “I’ll pray for you” at a $1.00 was going no where.
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:33:39 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: nickcarraway
Free prayers? Isn't it a sin to charge? Please; indulge me this little peccadillo.
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:34:50 PM PST
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:35:25 PM PST
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:46:17 PM PST
by
Hoodat
(Article 4, Section 4)
To: Elsie
Stealth link. Place your cursor over the post.
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posted on
02/12/2016 7:48:12 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: DoughtyOne
Now that IS stealth!
No text visible at ALL!
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posted on
02/13/2016 3:37:43 AM PST
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
Just testing; Folks...
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posted on
02/13/2016 3:43:53 AM PST
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Beowulf9
The coffee houses in the article are Panara, Starbucks and Dunkin Doughnuts.
I thought the sign “Free Prayers” funny. I guess I don’t have to tip him with a crueller, or custard doughnut.
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posted on
02/13/2016 11:56:07 AM PST
by
LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: xzins
The prayer is free. The coffee costs $25.
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posted on
02/13/2016 11:59:35 AM PST
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Larry Lucido
(I'll support Trump as a second choice, and I'll get on my knees and pray we don't get fooled again.)
To: Larry Lucido; Utah Binger
The prayer is free. The coffee costs $25.There's this place in beautiful Utah...
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posted on
02/13/2016 1:02:50 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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