our god of all people, god of the rich and god of the poor, god of the faceless and god of the famous. god of the victims and god of all who cry on their behalf. god of those who have no god, we have come together at this sacred and solemn hour to pray for peace. these past days have been filled with horror. we have seen the devastating effects of violence on those killed and injured on their loved ones and on those who have escaped physical violence but who bear painful wounds deep within their souls. we have held tightly to our own children and played out the scenarios of what ifs and why nots over and over again in our minds. we are drained. we are in pain. and we are angry. and so tonight we pray. god shall spread over us the shelter of shalom, of peace. knowing full well that peace can seem out of reach in the aftermath of devastation. help us to see the potential for holiness that resides within each of us. god we have felt your healing presence in the outpouring of love and caring that binds this incredible community together. we have witnessed your love in moments of clarity t

our god and god of all people, god of the rich and god of the poor, god of the faceless and god of the famous, god of the victims and god of all who cry on their behalf, god of those who have no god, we have come together at this sacred and solemn hour to pray for peace. these past days have been filled with horror. we have seen the devastating effects of violence on those killed and injured, on their loved ones, and on those who may have escaped physical violence but bear painful wounds deep within their souls. we have held tightly to our own children and played out the scenarios of what ifs and why nots over and over again in our minds. we are drained. we are in pain. and we are angry. so tonight we pray. god, spread over us the shelter of shalom, of peace, knowing full well that peace can seem out of reach in the aftermath of devastation. help us to see the potential for holiness that resides within each of us. god, we have felt your healing presence in the outpouring of love and caring that binds this incredible community together. we have witnessed your love in moments of clarity

the hand of god, the love of god, the compassionate watch care of god must be demonstrated by people who have submitted their lives to the father and creator, submitting to his lordship and and connect to one another properly, each with distinct roles to fulfill. but when connected together, we can put the arms of a loving father around a broken devastated world. and let me say to every conservative republican, you better pull your head out of the sand and you better understand if you don't want your epitaph to be tou fool, then you better understand that you take some of your creative energy and some of the great capacity that god has given you to create prosperity and wealth and you focus on the need of the downtrodden and the overlooked. you best learn to speak the language of the poor or they're going to destroy prosperity and wealth as we have enjoyed it. and we have been the most prosperous, benevolent nation in history. we're either going to witness in our lifetime the rebirth of freedom and the restoration of the foundation this nation was established to become the most benev

who thinks that is the god concept and i would say that the god you don't believe in, is the same godod not in the tragedy, but how we respond to tragedy. >> do you find that a tragedy like this can help one find faith? >> sometimes. it can go either way, and the real issue is when we come together as a community to ask these questions and it is in that that we find god, and in the holiness that brings us together in the way that you find god in those who have courageous acts and just now learning about people who risk their lives and help others, i would find acts of god in the heroes of the first responders and those there for other people, and the response of people who have absolute rejection of this evil, that is where we will find god. >> just like the entire community here, i'm sure that your congregation is in a bit of shock. >> absolutely, we all are. >> and how do you comfort them and say to the community? >> well, there are all kinds of ways to find comfort. we can find comfort in the scripture in psalms that help us to look back and feel the pain of others. king david said

our god and god of all people, god of the rich and god of the poor, god of the faceless and god of the famous. god of the victims, god of all who cry on their behalf. god of those who have no god. we have come together at this sacred solemn hour to pray for peace. past days have been filled with horror. we have seen the devastating effect of violence on those killed injured on their loved ones and those who may have escaped physical violence but who bear painful wounds deep within their soul. we have held tightly to our own children and played out the scenarios of what ifs and why notes over and over again in our minds. we are drained, we are in pain and we are angry. but tonight we pray. god spread over us the shelter of shalom, of peace, knowing full well that peace can seem out of reach in the aftermath of devastation. help us to see the potential for holiness that resides within each of us. god, we have felt your healing presence in the outpouring of love and caring that binds this incredible community together. we have witnessed your love in moments of clarity that cut through the

god because we know god can do it.out twitter, without facebook, the story begins to move. this little pamphlet, this booklet about what god was beginning to do dramatic way in his community, the holy spirit pouring out in changing people, people he never thought would get saved, that booklet began to move and they kept printing and printing and printing. it spread all over the country and people began to read the stories in thing, love god if you are you're doing it in massachusetts, do it in our town. if you are doing it in northampton do it in our little town and pastors got excited and they began to pray because they knew the bible but now they began to see the surprising work of god in towns in your country. god heard those prayers in and and then began to say yes. this began to spread and then a pamphlet got sent overseas and people like george whitfield and john and charles wesley began to read this thing and go wow, what's going on in america flex lets go over there and see if we can be helpful and he began to

of god. we are created in the image of the free creator. we don't create like god does. right? we don't call things in to existence from nothing. we take what god gives and we transform it in to things that were not there before. so god creates sand and he grants to us the dignity to transform it in to fiber optic cables and integrated circuits, the nervous system and brains of the telecommunications revolution. we can transmit a thousand times more information in fiber optic cables made from 60 pounds of sand than we could transmit from a standard copper wire made from a thousand pounds of copper. that is the image of god at work. what this means is there's certain types of economic systems that both allow us to trade beneficially and also channel our god-given creativity to create wealth. and i wouldn't say that the christian world entails the free market but if you know what man is, if owe know we're creatures made in the image of god you will want and defend an economic system that channe

god did not cause this to happen. god is good. anything that's bad is not god.hy would god do this? read the bible. god loves us. this from rick. i'll tell you where he wasn't -- in the heart of the gunman. god's only act is to love and in doing so to show forth his glory. god was and is crying about that horrible act of human free will along with the rest of us. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carol cnn. more of your responses in the next hour of newsroom. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. >>> this just in to cnn. facebook stock tanking on the nasdaq following good news about their earnings. we'll go to the new york stock exchange. why is the stock taking such a hit today? >> good morning, carol. the general sentiment really seems to be good but not good enough. it's really they did beat a bit but investors and

stephen: is there god?y? >> there's no evidence for god. there's no evidence for god. >> stephen: let me ask you something-- if there is no god, okay, if there is no sin called god, if he is nothing can't something come from him? ( applause ) >> lawrence kraut, thank you so much. lawrence kraut "the universe from god." we'll be right back. how ch coffee are you fellows going to need today? three...four cups? [dumbfounded] well, we... doesn't last long does it? listen. 5-hour energy lasts a whole lot of hours. so you can get a lot done without refills. it's packed with b-vitamins and nutrients to make it last. so don't just stand there holding your lattes, boys. make your move. we'll take the 5-hour energy. smart move. 5-hour energy. hours and hours of energy. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: that's it for the report. i want to thank lawrence kraut. the book is captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org mac: so how many restraining orders does the waitr

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its own, a deistic god? >> well, no, in terms of the population there's the calvinists and the deists. >> way back then? >> right. the calvinists totally predominated among the population. the founding fathers were much more elites and yes, many of them were deists but in terms of the vast majority of deists they they thought about it in terms of calvinists where god, didn't think about jesus much except he was sent for this mission. the piety wasn't jesus, didn't have a personal relationship with jesus is the point. >> well, you seem reluctant to say that the nation in its founding documents was so founded as a secular, no religious state. >> it was by law, yes. >> by law. >> yes. >> and curiously enough, with that religus freedom guaranteed by the founding documents, since none were stipulated for the population, that developed into a curious paradox. more people became affiliated by reason of our religious freom. don't you take note of that? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> isn't that a paradox? >> well -- >

stephen: is there god?say? >> there's no evidence for god. there's no evidence for god. >> stephen: let me ask you something-- if there is no god, okay, if there is no sin called god, if he is nothing can't something come from him? ( applause ) >> lawrence kraut, thank you so much. lawrence kraut "the universe from god." we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: that's it for the report. i want to thank lawrence kraut. the book is captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

god, we pray open heaven. god, touch people. even outside. they've got faith outside. >> reporter: andy is a former buddhist. his wife, sophie, is a former muslim. both experienced the power of the holy spirit at pastor billy's church. eddie had pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver. he was given only six months to live. >> every day i'm waiting for that. one day my friend, a christian, he told me, try my jesus. i said to jesus, give me a chance. i worshipped him. give me one more chance. >> reporter: today, after six years, eddie is well and regularly attends this christian church. >> i believe i'm here with my friend. jesus is my healer. jesus is my savior. jesus is my lord, my master, everything. >> reporter: sophie first came to the church when she brought her parents-in-law to the service. >> there i felt at peace. when i went home in the evening, i turned on the radio and i heard the muslim prayer. and i prayed, god, please lead me to the right way. i went to the christian church more regularly until i enjoyed it, and i decided

oh, for god's sake, this is getting on my tits! how much longer, for god's sake?!houldn't be long now, frank. i wanna get back to my own house and sleep in my own bed. well, you might not be able to go straight back. i'm not an invalid! i know that. i proved that with the arm-wrestling. well... and the star-jumps. time for a slash. sue: do you know where it is? of course. i reckon this must be the worst half-term break we've ever had. well, maybe the trip to longleat. oh, god, yes. the monkey in the car... all those injections you had to have. god, she must have had her phone stolen or something. i know, why don't we all play a game of "cheat." yeah, come on. now, karen, remember, this game is called "cheat" because it's all about cheating. you are allowed to cheat. all about cheating. yes, i know it's all about cheating! good. but there are still rules. let's just play, shall we? it's this way, apparently. two sixes. three kings. cheat! can we play this game without cheating? oh, look, we've been over this! it's "cheat," that's the name of the game. "cheat"! i've

stephen: is there god?say? >> there's no evidence for god. there's no evidence for god. >> stephen: let me ask you something-- if there is no god, okay, if there is no sin called god, if he is nothing can't something come from him? ( applause ) >> lawrence kraut, thank you so much. lawrence kraut "the universe from god." we'll be right back. i read an article... well, i read the majority of an article online about how older people are becoming more and more antisocial, so i was really aggressive with my parents about joining facebook. my parents are up to 19 friends now? so sad. ♪ i have 687 friends. this is living. what!? that is not a real puppy. that's too small to be a real puppy. [ male announcer ] venza. from toyota. ♪[swing music plays] this summer... win a ledgendary voyage to heineken destinations around the world. head to your local participating retailer... for details. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: that's it for the report. i want to thank lawrence kraut. the book is captioning sponsored

that's something god offers to all of us. that's the cool thing about god.s only one guy that can win the olympic marathon but we can experience him every day and experience the same joy every day. >> when you don't get the time you want or you don't make it as far as you wanted to go or you don't get first place, do you blame god? >> it's easy to do that. i have done that at times. i'm still figuring it out myself. i still get bummed out and disappointed after races. i don't think god causes me to fail in races. i don't think he's up in heaven just striking me down like i want you to do bad today, but there are natural consequences when, say, for example, i don't hear him correctly and i don't apply what he's telling me to do correctly. i may not get the result i'm hoping for. you know, that's okay. i'm learning to give myself grace to mess up, to fail. i think that's really the whole thing for me in this faith-based coaching. i'm not afraid to fail. as i said before, jesus is the greatest prize i can have. a medal in the olympics, fast times, all those thi

oh, god. sheer panic that i had never felt before in my life. >> without hesitation, cousin craig jumps over the fence and lunges toward elena as she rolls toward the cliff's image edge. >> it was just terror. i didn't think he was going to be able to grab her. i really felt when i reached the fence that i was going to see her on the ground. >> in the nick of time, craig reaches elena and stops her from plummeting down the jagged cliff. >> she had just grabbed on to a little bit of grass and a little bit of weeds that was there because she was at the part that kind of went like this at that point. and she was just starting to stand up.ç she would have fallen right back. >> during the fall, elena grabs at the other little girls knocking her cousin's shoe off. the other children are frightened. elena is shaken. >> laney was crying. >> did you get that on video? >> no. >> one of the other girls was crying because when she fell she tried to grab the other girls. could have been a lot worse. she c

that book is about god. god kept me alive in a womb when my mother tried to abort me with coat hangers twice. god kept me alive in the first two years of my life. god showed me where the sidewalk was when i started dancing. when i got out here at 5 years old, i stood in front of mgm and said i can do this. i walked there, three years later, i starred in my first film. >> i am curious, because it is in the book and it's a powerful testimony in your life, i think. the relationship you had with your parents. because from what i've read about that relationship, they didn't care for you, they didn't love you. you had -- >> i was a pain in the ass to them. they had two children. then they had two abortions. then she got pregnant again, but she really got pregnant with my uncle across the street, because that's who she was always in love with. so now she's pregnant with me. he says to her, go to hell and he runs off. now she hates me. my father hates me because in his heart, he knows that i'm his brother's kid. the

so on behalf of the maryland delegation, we saw god bless fort mchenry, god bless our allies and god bless the united states of america, the country we hold dear. thank you. >> this is part of the u.s. national park service, and here to say a word of welcome from the park service the superintendent the fort mchenry monument and historic sloohrine tina orcutt. tina. >> good morning. the national park service could be prouder to hold this historic event with governor o'malley and the maryland war of 1812 buy centennial commission. on behalf of the department of interior, ken salazar secretary, we welcome you to the birthplace of the "star-spangled banner." i hope you enjoy this morning's events. thank you. >> now the royal canadian air force band vocalists and her majes majesty's royal marine band, please stand for the national anthem "o, canada." ♪ o canada our home and native land true patriot love in all thy sons command ♪ at the western port >>> and a message now from the prime minister of canada, steven harper. >> i'm pleased to join president obama and prime minister cameron in m

say don't blame god.ey say about that? >> right. it's surprising. remember sometimes in american history and pretty recent history there'll be a an earthquake or hurricane and people, especially televangelists like jerry roberts blame american sin, like the sin of homosexuality leading to these natural disasters. it's less than that. there's more saying we have abandoned god in the way we raise our children or god in schools and children and the public squares and this is what happens not as necessarily divine retribution, but what happens to human behavior once we abandon god. i was kind of surprised at the number of comments. it's pretty prevalent. >> maybe bringing us all to a single point back on that. interesting nonetheless. dan gilgoff, thank you for that contribution. viewers, you can share your thoughts with us. the question is where was god in aurora. go to cnn.com/olympics. >> an oh linoleum pick player called out by a team goalie. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and the

>> i think our god is a fair god. he is righteous and just. people are seeking. they don't know where to go. maybe they don't have a bible. he'll get the message to them somehow. >> reporter: this woman comes from a central asian country. her identity is hidden for security reasons. >> in the church, if you ask how many people came to christ -- how they came to christ, and 80% will say they saw him in a dream. >> reporter: a christian friend challenged this woman to ask god to speak to her personally. >> and so i decided to ask him, and so i did. and then the next day, i guess, i saw a dream. and i saw in my dream -- i saw jesus at a bridge, and i decided to come to him. >> hey, guys, my name is hasam. >> reporter: hasam, host of a satellite tv program, hears from muslim about their dreams and visions. >> i had one lady write me and said, i have had a nightmare. i turned on the television, and there you are. and she said, the words that were coming out of your mouth were so peaceful, i fell asleep. and when i fell asleep, i ended up having a vision of jesus. she

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there was no saving it. >> oh, my god. oh, my god!run up to the jeep to almost to like stop it. there was a part that's going through your head that's going ç this is not happening. even though you have just watched it play out in front of you. >> jesus! >> when it hit the bottom, it just made this huge thunk and then there was nothing. >> when we landed, me and my little brother, we bumped heads or something. and on the side of my head, it just hurt like really bad. >> mike's father who had been in the car in front of them is the first one there. >> he came running up and pulled the passenger door on the back up and that's when you could hear my youngest screaming, grandpa, get me out, grandpa, get me out. >> oh, my god! >> he's coming. >> my heart stopped, and then i hear my oldest one going i cannot get out. and i don't hear anything from mike. >> inside the vehicle 12-year-old garen sees his rescuer appear. >> i finally heard the door creek open and my brother getting out and my grandpa putting his hand on my shoulder going, garen

. >> and i see these kids, my god, they have hope. they all of a sudden, boom, have hope because you've taught them the most essential skill they need to live, and that's to be aware of their own emotional state and to be able to cultivate in some way their own ability to pay attention. >> if the congressman had written a book on mindfulness ten years ago, he says there likely wouldn't have been much interest, but these days everyone is doing it. >> the united states marine corps is doing it. google, proctor and gamble, general mills, target, phil jackson the great basketball coach used this technique with the chicago bulls. >> one reason meditation is becoming more mainstream is because of reliable and consistent research by people like jon kabat-zinn that show that it works. >> even short periods of training and mindfulness can actually change the thickness and the size of certain aspects of the brain that are important for dealing with stress, for working memory, for keeping things in mind that you need to know in order to solve pr

you will spend an eternity in hell, worshipping a false god! well that just got weird.applause) >> jon: if you eat at a chick-fil-a you might have noticed a recent adjustment to its menu. >> at chick-fil-a the menu offers up sandwiches, nuggets and strips but to critics these days it also includes a side order of bigot ree. >> jon: and a dipping sauce of intolerance a long with a hatred fribble. >> the chain has become a lightning rod for controversy after its president dan made it clear he believes marriage should only be between a man and a woman. >> i think we're inviting god's judgement on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, you know, we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> jon: really, that invites god's-- really? so the country has made it through an indian genocide, slavery, segregation and nine police academy movies, somehow escaping god's judgementment i don't think letting gays register at bed, bath & beyond is going to tip the scales. all right so, chick-fil-a, c.e.o.s a douche bag. a lot of c.e.o.s are bush bag. >> since t