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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2002
Page
9
Curren News reports the Citywide Brotherhood of Odessa hosts a community prayer breakfast at 7 30 a.m. today at the Ector Lions Club 328 Dobbs Ave with the theme Community in Schools public invited and phone numbers for info.
The Odessa American recalls Ash Wednesday as the start of Lent with clergy from St. Mary's St Barnabas' Asbury United Methodist and other denominations stressing repentance self examination and restraint. They emphasize Lent as a period to remove distractions focus on God and prepare for Easter. The ashes symbolize mortality and the call to spiritual renewal.
Yale scholar W Bradford Wilcox reports American houses of worship are unable and unwilling to cultivate marriage virtues. He notes high divorce rates among churchgoers, low provision of marriage preparation, and scant enrichment programs, urging lay-led, practical supports to strengthen lifelong marriages.
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