{"id":845,"date":"2018-01-28T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T21:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=845"},"modified":"2018-01-28T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T21:01:58","slug":"first-and-only-senate-prayer-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=845","title":{"rendered":"First and Only Senate Prayer- 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/praying-hands.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-846\" src=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/praying-hands-204x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/praying-hands-204x300.gif 204w, https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/praying-hands-768x1130.gif 768w, https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/praying-hands-696x1024.gif 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the 2011 legislative session (my first) the Pro Tem came to the Senate Minority Caucus and asked if a Democrat would like to give an opening prayer. It was a generous and welcoming offer. I looked around at my more senior colleagues and as no one spoke up, I offered.<\/p>\n<p>About a week ago I found this scribbled prayer on my old notebook and post it here:<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Senators, let us pray.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray for peace.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray for peace in our hearts,<\/p>\n<p>So we may know the hearts of others.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray for peace of mind<\/p>\n<p>So we may know the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray for peace of spirit<\/p>\n<p>That we may be humble and know God.<\/p>\n<p>And now for a moment<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray in silence that we may know,<\/p>\n<p>Here in this room of words<\/p>\n<p>The power of stillness<\/p>\n<p>Without words.<\/p>\n<p>Amen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Near the end of the 2011 legislative session (my first) the Pro Tem came to the Senate Minority Caucus and asked if a Democrat would like to give an opening prayer. It was a generous and welcoming offer. I looked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=845\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}