::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, said her department’s new guidelines, which highlight “constitutionally protected prayer,” require state agencies to inform it when complaints are filed about limitations to the free exercise of religion. “Too many misinterpret a separation of church and state as an invitation for government to separate people from their faith,” DeVos said. “In reality, our Constitution doesn’t exist to protect us from religion; it exists to protect religion from government.” Daniel Mach, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, said the Education Department's guidance about school prayer is very similar to language that has been in place since 2003 when issued by then-President George W. Bush. “Importantly, both the Bush guidance and the copycat document released today affirm a core constitutional protection: School officials are prohibited from imposing their faith on students,” Mach said. “The questi...

God is calling leaders and the Body of Christ to pray, fast and stand for the safety and souls of the youth of our nation, rather than solely being civicly and politically engaged. An accumulation of deaths signals that the nation is deteriorating from a spiritual attack and that there is a need for a collective spiritual response. There are already churches and communities coming together against this demonic presence throughout the nation. We are assigned to pray for the president, the nation, ourselves, the church and other people. We must intensify our prayers with respect to preserving God's moral authority over future generations as well as their protection. Brave young people are sacrificing their lives for friends and teachers. It happened at UNC Charlotte recently and again a week later at a Littleton, CO high school. Two young men used their bodies as barrier between shooters and their targets. They both died saving others. Think about the context ...

A PRAYER FOR THE NATION In order to heal any disease, the root cause of the illness must be identified.  America's system of government stands in need of atonement for current and past acts of corruption.  For this I pray out of concern for the nation and my fellow man and in obedience to the Holy Spirit. . . Father God, Lord of Heaven and Earth: I pray that the church in America rises up like the river of Jordan to purge, purify and renew our land.  In these morally corrupt, spiritually beleaguered, politically tumultuous times the United States of America stands in desperate need of atonement. Father, America needs you to cleanse her blood-stained hands.    Place a mirror before the sins she has committed as a country throughout  history, both domestically and abroad so that she may regurgitate them once and for all.  You, Father God, know them all.  Empower your people to once again be beacons of truth, light and love no matter how ...