Alice Linsley asked me to post this.
There have been several teen suicides on the Lakota reservation, arising from the relentlessly bad conditions that prevail there. A priest of the American Anglican Council (not in the Continuum, but in a case like this, so what?), joined by RCs and others, has called for intensive prayer. Read about it at
http://northernplainsanglicans.blogspot.com/2008/07/40-days-of-prayer-and-fasting-war-on.html
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Please pray for the Lakota living on the Rosebud Reservation in SD. There has been a rash of teen suicides on the Reservation; 7 this year. Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics are joining in 40 days of prayer. You may read about the situation here:
http://college-ethics.blogspot.com/2008/07/suicide-epidemic-on-rosebud-reservation.html
and here:
http://college-ethics.blogspot.com/2008/07/rosebud-lakota-facing-many-challenges.html
Oops! This has been posted two days and I never noticed a couple of idiot level mistypings. Please forgive! All fixed now.
Anyhow, please keep praying.
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