[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Douglas Tanner, Faith and Politics Institute, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we gather on this rainy afternoon in Washington aware 
that it is springtime. There may be a chill in the air, but there are 
blossoms on the cherry trees. Some of us have begun to work in our 
gardens, digging, planting, pruning. We are familiar with the 
springtime tasks, and at least when we have time, we welcome them as 
paths to new vitality and beauty and fruitfulness.
  Grant us, we pray, a similar awareness of the tasks that lead to 
healthy politics and sound policy. Help us to know where to dig, what 
to plant, when to prune. And lead us to take up those tasks together. 
Amen.

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