National Day of Prayer 2007

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With today being the National Day of Prayer, there is recurring controversy as the National Day of Prayer Task Force continues to exclude Seventh-Day Adventists, Jews, Buddhists, and yes, Mormons from praying at any of its services. This policy started in 2004. 

Despite its perception as the official organization for the National Day of Prayer the Task Force is just an independent organization run by Evangelicals.  Therefore, it’s entitled to include and exclude anyone it seems fit as tacky as it may be.  

Instead of enforcing divisions, the National Day of Prayer should be used as an opportunity to unite the country on basic, common values such as gratitude, humility, and faith in God.  There are plenty of opportunities to remind us that we’re not Christians the rest of the year!

The Church is hosting an alternative service at the Provo Tabernacle with Elder Holland speaking.

However, the NDP Task Force can’t exclude Mormons completely.  Featured on its home page and also being sold in its store, is Arnold Friberg’s The Prayer at Valley Forge.  Arnold Friberg is a LDS painter probably best known to Mormons for his paintings featured in the Book of Mormon.