Why Prayer Is Still Public Schools Best Hope

(Christianity Today) Marilyn Rhames had made it. A journalist in New York City she worked as a reporter for People and Time magazines. Then she started teaching Sunday school. I discovered how much fun it could be and how good I was in front of kids" she said. But pivoting her career to full-time education felt overwhelmingespecially for the pay. Then came 9/11. In the wake of the terrorist attacks Rhames felt her priorities recalibrate. Lord if I had died today if I was in those towers would I be doing what I felt was significant?" she remembered praying. As much as I loved being a reporter it had lost its appeal in terms of changing the world. After 9/11 I said Okay Lord Im done. Im going to be a teacher." A Chicago native Rhames soon returned back to the Windy City and moved into the classroom. In 2011 she founded Teachers Who Pray a national organization that seeks to support educators spiritual and professional needs through retreats conferences and curricula. Read More