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CONTENTS

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Biography .................................................................................................. v

Proceedings in the Senate:

Tributes by Senators:

Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee ............................................... 7

Allard, Wayne, of Colorado ........................................................ 15

Bennett, Robert F., of Utah ....................................................... 12, 16

Chambliss, Saxby, of Georgia ................................................... 24

Cochran, Thad, of Mississippi ................................................... 11

Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 23

Daschle, Thomas A., of South Dakota ...................................... 4

Dole, Elizabeth, of North Carolina ........................................... 27

Domenici, Pete V., of New Mexico ............................................ 22

Ensign, John, of Nevada ............................................................ 23

Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming ................................................... 16

Frist, Bill, of Tennessee ..................................................... 3, 6, 15, 16

Hagel, Chuck, of Nebraska ........................................................ 26

Hollings, Ernest F., of South Carolina ..................................... 11

Kyl, Jon, of Arizona ................................................................... 27

Lott, Trent, of Mississippi ......................................................... 5, 29

McConnell, Mitch, of Kentucky ................................................. 7, 11

Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland .......................................... 13

Murkowski, Lisa, of Alaska ....................................................... 13

Nickles, Don, of Oklahoma ........................................................ 21

Reid, Harry, of Nevada .............................................................. 15

Santorum, Rick, of Pennsylvania .............................................. 25

Sessions, Jeff, of Alabama ......................................................... 21

Selected Prayers ....................................................................................... 31

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BIOGRAPHY

LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE, was born in Kenosha, WI, on September 2, 1930. He was educated in the public schools of Kenosha and received a B.A. from Lake Forest College. He received his Master of Theology at Garrett Theological Seminary and conducted postgraduate studies at New College,

University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

His pastorates include Gurnee Community Church,

Gurnee, IL; Winnetka Presbyterian Church, Winnetka, IL

(1956–62); First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, PA (1962–

72); First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, CA (1972–95);

and Chaplain of the U.S. Senate (1995–2003). Before coming

to the Senate he had a nationally syndicated weekly television show, ‘‘Let God Love You,’’ which was on the air for

17 years. He also had a daily radio program for 10 years.

Dr. OGILVIE is the 61st Chaplain to serve the U.S. Senate.

His Senate flock included not only Senators and their

spouses, but every employee of the Senate. He gave the

opening prayer on days the Senate was in session. He also

conducted Bible study discussion groups each day of the

week for the Senators, their families, and their staffs.

Dr. OGILVIE emphasized nurturing others through personal relationships. He was determined to keep the Office of

Chaplain nonpolitical, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan. He felt

his role as Chaplain was to act as an intercessor for the Senators, serving as a trusted prayer partner and a faithful

counselor. In his opening prayers, he was committed to praying to God, not preaching to the Senators. He emphasized

encouragement, not persuasion.

Chaplain OGILVIE led the Senate through many significant

events including the impeachment of President Clinton; the

attacks on 9/11; the anthrax attack in the Senate; and the

contested Presidential election in 2000.

Chaplain OGILVIE was awarded the Distinguished Service

Citation, Lake Forest College; Preacher of the Year Award

and Angel Award (Religion in Media); Silver Angel Award,

1982, 1986; Gold Medallion Book Award, 1985; and the William Booth Award, 1992.

Chaplain OGILVIE is also the author of 49 books.

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Proceedings in the Senate

THURSDAY, March 13, 2003

IN GRATITUDE TO CHAPLAIN LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, while reflecting on Dr.

OGILVIE’s tenure as Senate Chaplain, I came across a letter

of his dated March 31, 1995. He was just 3 weeks on the job.

You could already see his devotion not only to his official duties as Senate Chaplain, but his unofficial duties as the spiritual leader of the entire Senate family.

In that letter, he writes about the importance of interceding ‘‘personally’’ for Senators—for praying for Members, for

our families, and for our staff. He says that he is just as

close as a phone call and provides not only his work phone

number, but his home phone number, as well. He asks that

we keep him up-to-date about the needs of others in the Senate family. And he talks about building a ‘‘caring network of

people who support each other.’’

This is a man who knew early on the Senate needs more

than one prayer at the start of each day. We needed a lot

of support from him, from God, and from each other. And

that is exactly the kind of spiritual climate LLOYD OGILVIE

fostered for 8 years as Senate Chaplain.

He conducted Bible studies—which Karyn and I and many

in this Chamber regularly attended. He hosted weekly prayer breakfasts and small faith groups. He researched theological questions and advised us on the great moral issues of

our times. And when he took time to offer his own private

thoughts to God, he always forwarded our petitions with his.

He even filled in at the last minute when my office needed

a third baseman on our Senate softball team. Now that is

going above and beyond the call of duty.

Dr. OGILVIE consoled us during our darkest hours—September 11, the October anthrax attacks, the loss of two Capitol Police officers and three Senate colleagues come to mind.

But he was also there for us every day to help us cope with

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spective by reminding us we serve the United States in our

offices, but we serve God in our lives.

So I simply want to say thank you to Dr. OGILVIE for his

many prayers on our behalf, for the many hours he dedicated

to his position, and for being there—as the spiritual leader

of the Senate family—every day in the Chamber and every

day in our lives.

And, last, I want to thank him for being such a wonderful

and supportive friend. I wish him the best in California with

Mary Jane. And though Karyn and I will miss them both

dearly, we are certain we will hear from them because they

will always be family. And there is nothing more precious to

the OGILVIEs—as they have demonstrated time and again—

than family.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sununu). The minority

leader.

Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, in a few moments the Senate will offer a resolution which honors a member of our Senate family who, as the majority leader noted, will be leaving

us soon. LLOYD OGILVIE has the appreciation of every one of

the Members of this body. I join in expressing my heartfelt

appreciation to him and his family as they begin the next

chapter in their lives.

A Senate Chaplain was once asked: You pray for the Senate? He replied, ‘‘No, I look at those Senators as I stand on

the dais and I pray for the country.’’

For the last 8 years, LLOYD OGILVIE has done a lot of praying—for our Nation, for the Members of this Senate, and for

our families, for our staffs, and all the people who work in

this building, and for those who come to visit the Senate

from all over the world. He has prayed for us and with us.

For many of us, he has been a source of guidance and support. We are grateful to him for his wisdom, for his friendship, and for his service to this Senate and our Nation.

The Senate has been through many challenges these last

8 years, as the majority leader has noted. During those challenges, many of us have found hope and direction in Dr.

OGILVIE’s words. He comforted us and led us through the

deaths of three of our colleagues, our friends John Chafee,

Paul Coverdell, and Paul Wellstone. He consoled us when

two fine, brave members of the Capitol Police, officers J.J.

Chestnut and Detective John Gibson, were murdered guarding this building. He helped us find courage and faith after

our Nation was attacked on September 11, and again after

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the anthrax attack that closed the Hart Building. He has

helped many of us grapple with the profound moral and spiritual questions that underscore all questions of public policy.

One lesson Dr. OGILVIE has always stressed is the importance of keeping our priorities straight. In his words: ‘‘Put

God first, then family, then Nation, then career, and things

will turn out as they are meant to.’’

Now Dr. OGILVIE is living that lesson. He is putting his

family ahead of his career and returning to California to be

with and care for another treasured member of our Senate

family, his wife Mary Jane. As much as we will miss him,

we respect his decision greatly.

Everyone who knows LLOYD OGILVIE knows he has a special place in his heart for St. Andrew. That seems fitting for

two reasons. The first and most obvious reason is that St.

Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and we all know how

proud Dr. OGILVIE is of his family’s roots in that beautiful

country. The other reason is St. Andrew never got the attention he deserved. In the Bible it was Andrew’s brother,

Peter, who got the headlines, even though it was Andrew

who first recognized that Jesus was an extraordinary teacher. It was Andrew who told Peter to pay attention to Jesus’

words.

Here in the Senate, it is Senators who get most of the

headlines. But for many of us for the last 8 years it is LLOYD

OGILVIE who has been there to remind us of the important

lessons.

Our thanks and our prayers will go to LLOYD OGILVIE as

he returns to California. We wish him and Mary Jane, their

children, Andrew, Scott and Heather, and their grandchildren, much happiness in the days, months, and years

ahead.

I yield the floor.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I know a vote was scheduled

and many wish to speak, but I ask unanimous consent the

vote may be delayed so I may speak at this time. I feel compelled to ask for that time so I may speak about our friend,

LLOYD OGILVIE.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. LOTT. The first time I heard LLOYD OGILVIE speak, it

was in a prayer, and I remember looking up because I

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thought I had just heard what God’s voice must sound like.

What a magnificent voice he has. What a magnificent prayer

he always prayed. But as Benjamin Franklin said: ‘‘Well

done is better than well said.’’

Despite the magnificent messages he has delivered on this

floor, his prayers, and our private counsel sessions with him,

what he has done has been even more valuable; the way he

has come to us all in times of great celebration and times of

stress and times of despair. In the good times and the bad

times he has been there for me and for many of us—all of

us, at one time or another. Despite all the good things he

said, what he has done will be what will stay with us the

longest.

Each morning I get up, the first thing I read is ‘‘One Quiet

Moment,’’ a passage from the Bible, and a brief prayer that

LLOYD OGILVIE prepared for all of us. It begins my days in

the right way. Many nights, just before I go to sleep, I pray

for LLOYD and Mary Jane, I pray for their safety, and for

their future.

He has been a magnificent influence on this body and on

me personally.

This morning I looked up the definition of ‘‘chaplain,’’ and

it is not enough to describe what he did. He wasn’t just a

person who was a counselor to this institution and our whole

family. I looked up ‘‘pastor’’—maybe that was the right word.

That wasn’t sufficient either because he was more than just

a pastor to a flock in a narrow area.

No, he has been a spiritual counselor in the broadest

sense. The Bible says, in Proverbs: ‘‘Where there is no vision

the people perish.’’

That, of course, refers to the way we really should think

about the vision. I think it is true for a country, a country

that seeks democracy and freedom and liberty. But it also is

true in the broader sense. LLOYD has given us a vision of

what life is really about. Thank you, LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE.

Well done—ay.

COMMENDING THE SERVICE OF DR. LLOYD J. OGILVIE, THE

CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

Mr. FRIST. I send a resolution to the desk and I ask for

its immediate consideration.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.

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The legislative clerk read as follows:

A resolution (Res. 83) commending the service of Dr. LLOYD J. OGILVIE,

the Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider

the resolution.

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we had the opportunity

this morning to hear the last prayer of our Senate Chaplain,

LLOYD OGILVIE, a man who has touched each of our lives in

a different and very special way. All of us in here have

reached an age where if we took a few moments and tried

to list the people outside of our immediate families who really had an impact on us, it would probably be a pretty short

list, if we were candid with ourselves.

I have been doing a bit of that the last couple of days,

thinking about LLOYD, his contribution here, and the fact he

is now going home to take up the challenge of providing care

for his wonderful wife Mary Jane.

I have decided my list would be very short, indeed, outside

of my immediate family. On that list would, indeed, be

LLOYD OGILVIE, who has had a powerful impact on my life.

I will never, ever forget him.

We all love him and we care for him. Even though we will

not see him as much in the coming years, I hope each of us

for whom he has made such a difference will make an extra

effort to stay in touch with our dear friend in the coming

years.

So, LLOYD OGILVIE, thanks for all you did for all of us.

Good luck in the future. Thanks for making a difference.

I yield the floor.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.

Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I join the distinguished

Senator from Kentucky in saying a word about the Chaplain,

LLOYD OGILVIE.

I am a new Senator, as is the presiding officer, and there

have been a great many wonderful things about coming to

the Senate. But nothing has surpassed the privilege of getting to know LLOYD OGILVIE in these first couple of months.

I have watched him and listened, and I have learned from

him. I have been comforted by him. I am deeply grateful for

that.

This month in Billy Graham’s publication, Decision, LLOYD

OGILVIE’s picture is on the front, and there is an interview

with him about his 8 years in the Senate. It is a clue about

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why he has been such an inspiration to so many Senators.

The questioner notes: ‘‘A current Senator remarked that your

prayers often ‘make reference to specific turmoil’ in the Senate.’’

The questioner goes on: ‘‘I understand that sometimes following your opening prayer you sit through the Senate sessions.’’

And LLOYD’s answer was: ‘‘The task of any spiritual leader

is to listen. You can’t minister to individuals or to a group

unless you know what is going on. That is the reason that

I have to be there.’’

LLOYD OGILVIE has been a counselor. He is a minister. He

is a listener—maybe a listener above all. I have found in my

conversations with him that I suspect he knows more about

the Senate than any other individual because he knows the

hearts of the Senators.

So I rise to thank him, to wish him the very best with his

wife Mary Jane, and to let him know that one more Senator

has been touched by his presence here in a very short period

of time.

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the

interview with Dr. OGILVIE that appears in the March 2003

edition of Decision, the Billy Graham publication.

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be

printed in the Record, as follows:

After serving eight years as U.S. Senate Chaplain, LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

is retiring this month. He has provided spiritual guidance to senators, to

Senate staff and to families during some of the most tumultuous events in

the history of the United States. Decision recently spoke with OGILVIE about

his Senate experiences and about where God is leading him now.

Q: Describe a typical day in the life of LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE.

A: I usually get up around 6 a.m. and walk for my exercise.

As I walk around the Capitol, I pray for 20 senators each day. I cover all

100 senators in a week. Often God puts on my mind and heart people who

have needs or concerns. Then, during the day, I often have an opportunity

to talk with those people.

After walking, I have my own personal Bible study, and then I walk to

work. I live on the Hill—it’s 10 minutes from my breakfast table to the floor

of the Senate. I give the opening prayer for the Senate. I write the prayers

in segments, perhaps a month ahead of time, and as crises change in the

nation or in the world or in the life of the Senate, I can change the prayers

so that they are current and relevant.

The opening prayer is an extremely important part of my day, because it

is on the Senate floor that I speak a word about God that is crucial to American history and to our future. That word is Sovereign. As I studied the

prayers of those who founded this nation, a word they frequently used for

God is Sovereign, because they came to this country seeking a land where

God could be the Sovereign of the land.

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So very often in my prayers, I use the world Sovereign in describing God’s

nature and His lordship over this nation. Then I pray for God’s power and

direction and specifically for the needs that I know might be coming up that

day.

I usually spend the rest of the morning in preparation for my Bible studies. I have five Bible studies during the week: for the senators, for senators’

spouses, for the chiefs of staff of the senators’ offices, and two studies for

the Senate staff. It makes for a busy schedule, but I feel that my task is

to lower the plumb line of God’s justice and righteousness and mercy on the

issues that we are facing in the nation. And I can do that by teaching the

Bible.

Q: How do you make the Gospel relevant to the issues that our Nation

and world face?

A: I believe that the Holy Spirit, who inspired the writing of the Scripture, is present in the room as I teach the Scripture. That’s awesome, when

you stop and think of it. It forces you to study and pray and get ready, because there is a Word from the Lord, and He will speak through the Scriptures if we are faithful to communicate them.

Q: What is one message that we need to hear today?

A: We need to know that God is the Sovereign of this nation. We have

a responsibility to trust Him, to seek His will and to live in accordance with

His righteousness and justice.

As you trace U.S. history, it is fascinating to see how our founders were

very clear about wanting God to guide them. In the First Continental Congress, Samuel Adams stood up and said, ‘‘I believe we need to pray,’’ and

they went down and got the pastor of Christ Church Philadelphia to come

to Carpenters’ Hall to pray. Then, when there were deadlocks in the Constitutional Convention, crucial people stood up and said, ‘‘We cannot make

it without God’s power.’’

Q: You have led the Senate spiritually during some extremely trying

times, including the impeachment hearings and the Sept. 11 tragedy. What

were those times like?

A: I can’t imagine that in eight years we’ve been through all of this. I

think of the impeachment, for example, when it was so important to reaffirm God’s sovereignty and His grace. As I was standing outside the Chamber, the senators and leaders would go by and say, ‘‘What are you going to

pray today?’’ Then Chief Justice William Rehnquist would say, ‘‘What have

you got to say to God today?’’ Then at the end of the prayer, he would give

an ‘‘Amen’’ with gusto. But it was a painful time. I’m so thankful that when

the Senate leaders got together prior to the impeachment, they opened their

meeting with prayer. Trent Lott was majority leader at that time, and he

constantly called them back to trust God.

Then, of course, the aftermath of Sept. 11 was a time of helping people

to realize that God has not caused that tragedy. He did not send that on

America in judgment. But it did bring us to a place of asking what He had

to say through all of this.

We had the long process of healing and taking care of people who were

traumatized by that event. We had many different services during that period. I remember one in particular, when the senators went over to the National Cathedral to take part in a time of prayer following 911. I had the

feeling that I should stay here at the Capitol; the staff needed someone to

take care of them. So I asked for a large room that seated 300 people, and

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I made a simple announcement that we would have a prayer time. When

I arrived, people were standing in the room, squeezed in shoulder to shoulder. Instead of 300 people, there were 600 in the room and out in the hall.

By the end, 1,000 people had come.

Q: A current senator remarked that your prayers often ‘‘Make reference

to specific turmoil’’ in the Senate.

A: I feel that this is part of my responsibility as chaplain. Answers to

unasked questions are foolish, but Biblical answers to the real questions

people are asking are powerful. It is our task to listen, to be sensitive to

where people are and then to respond to what’s going on inside of them and

around them.

When the senators are under a great deal of pressure and stress, I’ll pray

about that and talk about the pressure cooker of politics. When they are at

odds with each other, I can ask God to bring understanding and peace for

the good of the American people and for His glory, and to help us depend

on Him to bring understanding, to break deadlocks.

Q: I understand that sometimes following your opening prayer you sit

through the Senate sessions.

A: The task of any spiritual leader is to listen. You can’t minister to individuals or to a group unless you know what is going on. That is the reason

that I have to be there. When I sense there is great tension or frustration,

I go down on the floor, slip into the chair where I sit, and pray for those

who are in conflict. Afterwards, I often go to them individually, talk with

them about what’s happened and see if I can bring them together.

I am pleased when I see greatness emerge in the senators and they reach

beyond their parties and their own particular persuasions to have deep communication with each other. I see that in our Bible studies on Thursdays,

when members of both parties study the Scriptures together and try to come

to grips with what God might be saying.

Q: Our culture is heavily saturated with the message of separation of

church and state, but you have often said that there is no separation of God

and state. What do you mean?

A: There is no statement in the literature of U.S. history that is more misunderstood than this phrase, ‘‘separation of Church and State.’’ It was included in a letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Danbury,

Conn. He was trying to protect the church from government and was establishing the fact that he was a different kind of leader than the sovereigns

of Europe. The phrase, however, stuck and has been used to diminish the

role of God in American life and in politics.

I believe that there is no separation between God and State. We need God

in the affairs of government, and those who are involved in leadership desperately need Him and His guidance and direction. If we take God out of

the affairs of government, we are left to our human devices without the empowerment that comes through a relationship with God.

I was very gratified when the Senate dealt with the recent question raised

about the phrase ‘‘one nation under God.’’ All of the Senators were in their

seats, and we gave the Pledge of Allegiance together. No one was missing

in affirmation of the fact that they all really believe in this historic declaration that we are a ‘‘nation under God.’’

Q: How can we pray for the Senators and their families?

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A: Pray that they will know God, that they will trust God, that they will

depend on supernatural power rather than on human talents, that they will

pray for and receive the gift of courage, and that they will speak with boldness and dare to give the leadership that’s necessary.

Q: What has led you to retire as Senate Chaplin on March 15?

A: My wife, Mary Jane, contracted a bad case of bacterial pneumonia last

April, and it lodged in some scar tissue in her lungs from a previous cancer

operation. They had such a hard time getting that dislodged that in the

process they had to put her on a respirator. That was eight months ago, and

she has been in three different hospitals since then struggling to get off the

respirator, to get back to breathing on her own and to get back to health.

I’m so thankful for the way she has trusted God in this dark, dark valley

of suffering. I realized that it would be much better for her to be near our

family in California. She is in a respiratory hospital there that specializes

in just the kind of illness she has. I thought I would go back and forth as

frequently as I could and stay as long as I could, but I realized this was

not adequate. For eight years, I have asked the senators to put God first,

family second, the Senate third and ambition fourth.

It was time for me to live any message. So I told the officers of the Senate

that I needed to be with my wife. Just as soon as she’s strong enough, I’ll

be available to preach and to teach and to speak, here and around the

world.

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, if I may before the Senator from Tennessee leaves, he may not have been in the

Senate very long—a couple of months—but the Senator from

Tennessee has picked up the essence of LLOYD OGILVIE and

why he is so widely admired, respected, and loved around

here.

I thank the Senator from Tennessee for his contribution.

Mr. ALEXANDER. I thank the Senator.

Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, the retirement of our Senate Chaplain, LLOYD OGILVIE, leaves me with a profound

sense of loss. He has been a personal friend to me, as well

as a wise counselor and adviser. I know I will miss him

greatly. He has served the Senate with great distinction. His

daily prayers were works of art and poetry, delivered in his

deep rich voice, with conviction and a seriousness of purpose.

He has warmed our hearts with his genuine concern for

our spiritual well-being and reached out to touch the souls

of staff members and Senate employees, as well, who sought

his advice and his message of hope and reassurance. We

have all been richly blessed by the presence and the ministry

of LLOYD OGILVIE. Our thoughts and sincerest best wishes

and our love go with him.

Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I have been in the Senate

more than 36 years and there is no question that Dr. LLOYD

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JOHN OGILVIE has been the best Senate Chaplain I’ve ever

seen, by far. On this his last day, I join my colleagues in

thanking him for the spiritual care he has provided to all of

us and our families, and especially for his daily prayers as

we tackle the monumental responsibilities before us.

My wife Peatsy and I pray for the health of his loving wife

Mary Jane. And we are confident that as the Chaplain

leaves Washington and returns to California good things

await him. For in Psalm 92 it is written that the righteous

shall flourish like the palm-tree and that in maturity they

shall bring forth fruit and be full of vitality and richness.

There is no more worthy son of the Creator to flourish in retirement than Dr. OGILVIE.

Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I take this opportunity to

pay tribute to LLOYD OGILVIE, our Chaplain. I have told him

of the deep affection that I and my wife Joyce have for him

and Mary Jane. I wish I could reach as deeply into the

writings of Robert Burns as he is able to and come up with

exactly the right epigram.

I will point out that he and I share the common experience

of living in Scotland as young men. He, there while he was

studying for the ministry, and I, there while I was serving

as a missionary for my church. In that experience, each of

us gained deep respect for the Scottish people and Scottish

traditions.

That is why you find me today sporting the tartan of my

family, the Wallace tartan. My father served in this body as

Wallace Bennett, coming from a long line of Wallaces, including one William Wallace. Whether it was the William Wallace who morphed as Mel Gibson onto the silver screen or

not, I am not sure.

LLOYD OGILVIE has made his mark here in a tremendous

way, and he deserves all of the wonderful things everyone

has said about him. I simply quote a hymn that we sing

often in our church. I don’t think it is unique to our church,

but we sing at this time when young men go out in the circumstance I have just described—go off to a foreign land or

to a foreign part of the world to preach the gospel. We sing

to them:

God be with you till we meet again;

When life’s perils thick confound you;

Put His arms unfailing round you;

God be with you till we meet again.

This is what I say to Mary Jane and LLOYD OGILVIE, from

all of us. God be with you till we meet again.

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Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I rise today to speak of

the contributions and service to the Nation, the U.S. Senate,

to my family and myself made by Dr. LLOYD J. OGILVIE as

Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. I joined the U.S. Senate just

over 3 months ago and I am repeatedly impressed and reminded about the history and tradition of this body. The Office of the Chaplain has served the Senate each day with

prayer strongly reaffirming this institution’s commitment to

faith in God and our recognition of God being the ultimate

Sovereign over this Nation. The daily guidance and reminder

of our Maker helps us all keep perspective on our duties and

activities as we debate and make decisions of weighty issues

confronting our country.

The Chaplain of the Senate has been an integral part of

the U.S. Senate since 1789 when the first Senate elected the

first Chaplain. The daily prayers of the Chaplains have been

published over the years. In times of great turmoil and in

times of the mundane the Chaplain reminds us of our obligation to keep the moral compass pointed in the right direction. This body has been brought together in times of conflict

with the help of the Chaplain. Dr. OGILVIE has served us

well since 1995 as the 61st Chaplain.

Just last week the U.S. Senate passed a resolution reaffirming that the term ‘‘under God’’ was an essential part

of the pledge of allegiance. I am confident that Dr. OGILVIE

could have contributed to our insight and debate. There is no

dispute that this body and this Nation remain under the

graceful guidance of God. We have been helped to understand this grace by the spiritual guidance of Dr. OGILVIE.

I have known of Chaplain OGILVIE for longer than my

service in the U.S. Senate. My parents, Senator Frank Murkowski and Nancy Murkowski, share a warm and special relationship with Dr. OGILVIE and his wife Mary. Through

them I learned about Dr. OGILVIE and his compassion and

commitment to his faith. They join me in sending their prayers, best wishes and expressions of warmth to him upon his

retirement.

Dr. OGILVIE will be missed by all his flock and all who

know him in his role as Chaplain in the U.S. Senate. He has

served this institution in the tradition of this body with

honor and excellence.

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President. Eight years ago today, Dr.

LLOYD OGILVIE became our Senate Chaplain. Today, as he

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leaves the Senate, I wish to thank Dr. OGILVIE for his spiritual guidance and friendship.

Dr. OGILVIE is a great scholar and preacher. Yet he has

been so much more to our Senate family. I am particularly

grateful for the hospitality Dr. OGILVIE has shown to all religions. He hosted Jewish seders. He invited Cardinals to the

Senate. He made sure that religious leaders of all faiths

have led the Senate in prayer.

I also appreciate the creative and energetic way he

reached out to the entire Senate family. He has led Bible

study groups and prayer meetings for Senators and staff. He

has provided individual counseling for anyone who has asked

for it.

Since September 11, our Nation and our Senate have faced

great stress and uncertainty. On September 11, during the

anthrax attacks, and now as our Nation prepares for a possible war, Dr. OGILVIE has helped the Senate family to become stronger through faith and prayer.

I also wish to thank Reverend OGILVIE’s wife, Mary Jane,

who has been such an important partner to him and such a

dear friend to all of us in the Senate. I wish the OGILVIEs

well as they move to California to begin a new chapter in

their lives. They will always be in my thoughts and prayers.

Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be

agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The resolution (S. Res. 83) was agreed to.

The preamble was agreed to.

The resolution, with its preamble, submitted by Mr. Frist

and Mr. Daschle reads as follows:

S. RES. 83

Whereas Dr. LLOYD J. OGILVIE became the 61st Senate Chaplain on

March 13, 1995, and has faithfully served the Senate for 8 years as Senate

Chaplain;

Whereas Dr. OGILVIE is the author of 49 books, including ‘‘Facing the Future without Fear’’; and

Whereas Dr. OGILVIE graduated from Lake Forest College, Garrett Theological Seminary of Northwestern University and New College, University

of Edinburgh, Scotland, and has served as a Presbyterian minister throughout his professional life, including being the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, California: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

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(1) the Senate hereby honors Dr. LLOYD J. OGILVIE for his dedicated service as the Chaplain of the United States Senate; and

(2) the Secretary transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to Dr.

OGILVIE.

LLOYD J. OGILVIE

Mr. REID. Madam President, while the two leaders are in

the Chamber, it is my understanding that the leaders are

going to provide an opportunity for people who wish to give

statements regarding Pastor OGILVIE—that the chairman of

the Appropriations Committee is going to put that in booklet

form. So is it fair to announce to everyone that they need not

come now to give speeches regarding Pastor OGILVIE, that

they will have an opportunity to give a speech later or insert

something in the Record so Dr. OGILVIE will have all of these

in one book?

Mr. FRIST. Madam President, that is correct. There has

been an outpouring of feeling for our Chaplain on this very

special day, 8 years after he first gave a prayer in this

Chamber. With that outpouring of respect, people will be

given the opportunity to provide their written statements. Of

course, they are welcome to come and make statements, but

we are encouraging people to make their written statements

part of a permanent book that we will be giving him. We will

have morning business and people can come to the Chamber.

There will be other morning business conducted as well, but

most of the tributes will be going into written form, and we

encourage people to do just that.

Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, since 1995 Dr. LLOYD

OGILVIE has provided exceptional spiritual leadership to the

Senate family. Serving as Chaplain for 8 years, Dr. OGILVIE

daily guided and counseled Members and staff with encouragement, support, and wisdom.

I will miss Dr. OGILVIE. LLOYD OGILVIE has led the Senate

family and Nation through difficult situations, including the

shooting deaths of Capitol Hill police officers J.J. Chestnut

and Detective John Gibson; the impeachment of our President; the deaths of three Senate Members, Paul Wellstone,

John Chafee, and Paul Coverdell; the tragic terrorist attack

on September 11; the attack of anthrax on the Senate; and

the current possibility of war.

His leadership and counsel have stayed Senate Members,

spouses, and staff. I thank Dr. OGILVIE for his daily prayers.

He offered us spiritual leadership through his weekly Bible

study for Senators, and always made himself available—at

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any time of the day—as a source of prayer and counsel.

Chaplain OGILVIE also hosted a weekly Bible study for Senate spouses.

Chaplain OGILVIE also made himself available to staff. He

welcomed staff to his office, responded to electronic mail

from staff, and taught an inspirational study every Friday

for Senate staff. Dr. OGILVIE also made an effort to stimulate

a relationship with the Washington community. He made information available to staff about opportunities to serve

Washington-based charities, and he made the Senate aware

of Senate and community groups to help Senate staff

strengthen their lives morally and spiritually. Dr. OGILVIE

also offered himself to minister and speak to the local Washington community.

While serving in the Senate, I have been encouraged and

blessed by Chaplain OGILVIE and I am pleased the Senate

chose him as our Chaplain. His friendship and counsel have

served the Senate well and Washington will miss his presence.

My wife Joan and I give you and Mary Jane our warmest

thoughts and our prayers as you return home to California.

We will continue to pray for you and your family. We thank

you for your service and ministry to us and wish you and

your family God’s best.

PRINTING OF TRIBUTES TO DR. LLOYD OGILVIE

Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent

that the tributes to Dr. LLOYD OGILVIE, the retiring Senate

Chaplain, be printed as a Senate document, with the understanding that Members have until 12 noon, Friday, March

21, to submit these tributes.

MONDAY, March 17, 2003

LLOYD J. OGILVIE

Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, ever since I first arrived in the

Senate, I have always looked forward to starting each new

day with a prayer. Whether that prayer came from one of his

excellent books, like One Quiet Moment, or on the Senate

floor, we have all received a great deal of inspiration and encouragement from our Chaplain, Dr. OGILVIE. Each day, as

we prayed together on the floor or in our offices, Dr. OGILVIE

has helped us to focus on the tasks of the day and the importance of working together as one family to solve the problems

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we face as a nation. His words have also reminded us of the

beliefs of our Founding Fathers and their inherent trust in

God for all things.

Looking back over the years he has served in the Senate,

Dr. OGILVIE has helped us through a long list of trials, tribulations and difficulties. In particular, he prayed with us each

morning as we began to recover from the pain of the attacks

of September 11. As the Chaplain of all the Senate, he took

the pain and isolation that some of us felt from those days,

and through prayer and understanding, he brought us together as one, the Senate family, and taught us how to console each other and how to help each family member through

the pain of that day.

Now, after all he has done for us, Dr. OGILVIE will be leaving to help his own special family and his wife, Mary Jane.

Their story is remarkable, and someday it may be written,

about teamwork, love and happiness. Now she needs his

time, his caring and his attention and so he will be working

with her, just as she has worked with him as part of his

team for all of the years of their marriage, to bring her back

to health.

As he prepares to return to California to be with his wife,

a lot of us have taken a few moments to think about the difference he has made in our lives, in our staff’s lives, and in

the everyday routines of the Senate.

I have always believed that there was no better gauge of

how well you did your job than to measure your results

against what you said you wanted to do on your first day in

the office. For Dr. OGILVIE, that meant pursuing a role as

‘‘intercessor, trusted prayer partner and faithful counselor to

members of the Senate family as they seek to know God and

discover His will in the monumental responsibilities entrusted to them.’’

I don’t think there is any doubt that he has fulfilled his

own charge to the letter. He has been a counselor, comforter

and a source of strength for us all, no matter our status or

rank in the Senate or in each office because those things

don’t matter to the other members of a family when someone

is in need.

One of my favorite moments from the New Testament has

to do with the story of the apostles who were in a boat with

Jesus Christ when a terrible storm came up all around them.

As Christ slept peacefully, the apostles were in the throes of

a terrible panic about their situation and what was to become of them. As Christ was awakened and sensed their

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fear, He stretched out His arms and quelled the seas and the

winds and everything around them became peaceful and

calm once again.

Our lives are often like that. We see the storm clouds and

the very real rough winds and seas that seem like they will

batter and demolish the little boat of our life. The thought

can often leave us feeling very afraid of what is to become

of us. In those moments, Dr. OGILVIE was a constant reminder that the strength of God was never far off, and we

were never far from Him. All we needed to do was to imitate

Christ, stretch out our arms to God and listen for the peace

and calm that is always within us. That is God’s gift to the

troubled and confused and it always lies within us, in the

depths of our hearts and souls. Another of God’s gifts was

surely Dr. OGILVIE, who has a wonderful talent of helping us

to find that small, still place in ourselves where we can find

the peace, strength and comfort of God for those times when

life seems unfair and our boat feels adrift and lost in the turbulent seas of the world.

After coming to know Dr. OGILVIE over the years, and seeing him in prayer with my staff and so many others, I have

no doubt that a book about our Chaplain and the many ways

he has made a difference in our lives would be a very important one. Every office, and every staff has at least a handful

of stories about Dr. OGILVIE and the difference he made in

their day or their lives just by being available and joining in

prayer—or by being there to listen. To those who are fortunate enough to know him, he has been more than a chaplain

to us—he has been a trusted friend who could always be relied on for a good word of advice or to help with an idea or

suggest a different approach to a problem.

We all know that all prayers are answered, it is just a difficult thing when the answer we pray for isn’t the one we receive. Through the years, Dr. OGILVIE helped so many of our

staff members through the storms of their own lives and he

did so with great humility, kindness and a gentleness of spirit.

As I thought about the problems faced by my staff, I remembered the mother of one of my staff members who has

a problem with pain. When he found out about it, Dr.

OGILVIE called her and personally expressed his support for

her and his intention to keep her in his prayers. It meant

a lot to his mother and to my staff member to know just how

much he could count on and rely on the Chaplain for help.

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Another member of my staff had just received the devastating news that both of her parents were ill and facing a

crisis in their health. Again, Dr. OGILVIE offered his prayers,

his support and his spiritual strength for the battle. When

a miracle came to pass and both parents recovered, he was

there to express the joy and happiness that he found in another’s victory. As the old adage says so well, each person’s

joy was his own.

Another staff member’s wife was battling cancer. Dr.

OGILVIE was there again to support and encourage as he

prayed with them and helped them to face and battle the illness together.

Those are just a few examples of a long list that I could

put together of the times when Dr. OGILVIE joined us in

prayer, silently and in the background, helping to strengthen

the ties between us and the Lord—because, as he said in his

mission statement—it was more than his job, it was his

charge from God.

For my own office, we will never forget all that Dr.

OGILVIE shared with us when one of our staffers, a young

man named Ben, faced the ultimate crisis of his life.

Ben was a remarkable young man, someone you took a liking to as soon as you met him. He had a remarkable spirit

that comes from being young and being convinced you can do

pretty much anything you want to. I don’t think I’ve ever

seen anyone at so young an age that was so full of promise

and potential—mixed in with a lot of personality and spirit.

We all knew when we met Ben that he was one colt that

would be impossible to break—but sometimes the spirited

ones make the whole herd run better. Such was the case

with Ben.

He had come to us in the middle of a battle with cancer

and every day we could sense his joy at the gift he was given

of another day, another moment of life. Every day he seemed

to be getting better and stronger until one terrible day when

he seemed to lose a lot of ground and strength—all of a sudden. That was the day it started to seem clear that he might

lose his battle with cancer.

Each day, as Ben battled for his life, we battled to be

heard as we prayed in earnest for his recovery. Although

each passing day seemed to put that elusive goal further

from us, we joined together with Dr. OGILVIE in our prayers

for a miracle. Sadly, we didn’t get what we prayed for. I still

remember the day we got the news we had come to dread

but expect. Ben had passed away.

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Once again, Dr. OGILVIE was with us, to comfort those of

us who had lost a good friend, a hardworking colleague, and

an all-around nice guy who had made a difference in all our

lives. As we remembered our past years together many of us

wondered why God had taken his future from him and from

us at such a young and tender age.

Together with Dr. OGILVIE we prayed for answers to these

and to all the questions that haunt those who have lost a

loved one.

Those answers will come from God at His own speed and

at His own time. For then, and for now, it was enough to

have our good friend, Dr. OGILVIE, lead us in prayer and provide the words that resonated in our hearts. He helped us

find the strength and courage to support each other as we

continued to reach out to his family when they mourned the

loss of a special son.

Dr. OGILVIE never said this in his prayers or lectures, but

it was so clear from the way he lives his life that he knows

it’s not about him—it’s about his service and it’s about our

God. He is God’s servant and he continues to serve Him with

great strength and an abundance of good cheer and good

will. In many ways he’s like a beacon of light that helps to

light the way we must walk to draw closer to God and His

holy heaven.

One of the greatest preachers of our time was Billy

Graham. When asked what made for a good preacher he

said, ‘‘The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes

away saying, not, ‘What a lovely sermon!’ but ‘I will do something.’ ’’

If that is the test, Dr. OGILVIE is one of the best. In fact,

I don’t think there is a single one of us who met with Dr.

OGILVIE to discuss a problem who didn’t leave feeling absolutely certain that he or she knew what to do and when to

do it.

That was one of Dr. OGILVIE’s great gifts. He could listen

and provide strength and support while he helped us all to

find the answer that was right for us—from the silence and

peace that lies within our hearts.

God bless you, Dr. OGILVIE, for you certainly were a blessing to each of us while you were here.

I have always believed that God puts us where He needs

us, where He wants us to be found. I have no doubt that He

is doing that with you right now. Wherever you go from now

on, and whatever path He chooses to have you follow, I have

no doubt you will continue to do a good job and represent

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well He who has sent you. As it teaches us in the Bible, ‘‘you

have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler

over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.’’

God bless you, Dr. OGILVIE, and may you continue to find

the joy of your Lord wherever you go and in everyone you

meet.

FRIDAY, March 21, 2003

TRIBUTES TO DR. LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE

Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Dr. LLOYD OGILVIE, who

served as our Chaplain in the Senate since 1995.

Dr. OGILVIE has been an outstanding Chaplain to the Senate. He is a person I think all of us have grown to know and

love and appreciate. He has been our mentor, our companion, our friend, our brother, and our Chaplain.

He has provided great leadership and great prayers. He

has prayed for us many times, and not just in his official capacity as Chaplain of the Senate. He has prayed for us individually as Members. He has prayed for our families. He has

been with us through a lot of difficult times, challenging

times, exciting times.

We want him and his family to know they are very much

in our thoughts and prayers. His wife Mary Jane is a lovely

lady. And she has experienced some very challenging physical tribulations of late. We want both Dr. OGILVIE and his

wife Mary Jane to know they are in our thoughts and our

prayers.

We certainly miss him as our Chaplain. He has been kind

enough to not only meet with us in the morning and lead us

in prayer, but he has met with many of us on a weekly

basis—Members of the Senate and also our staffs, and also

other people who work in the Senate.

He has been a great mentor and friend. We are certainly

going to miss him as our Chaplain of the Senate.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama.

Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I, too, would like to share

a few comments about our Chaplain, LLOYD OGILVIE. I had

the honor to get to know him after I came here. We live near

one another. We see each other on a regular basis. My wife

and Mary Jane are friends, as we are with LLOYD OGILVIE.

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He is an extraordinary individual, one of the most educated people I have had the honor to know. He has written

over 40 books. His book One Quiet Moment, a devotional, I

believe, is the finest devotional book I have ever seen. Reading those devotions, and thinking about them, is so current

in time today while also so consistent with the great traditions of faith that it is really remarkable.

It is a special work he created there.

During his entire ministry, he was successful, whether in

Hollywood, CA, or in Illinois or here as Chaplain. Our prayers are with Mary Jane, his wife. She is suffering substantially now. We worry about her. We care about her. Our

prayers are with her. She has such a fighting spirit. She is

a champion of life and of the good things of life. She speaks

her mind and she has great values. They are a tremendous

team.

I, too, join with others in expressing my appreciation for

what he means to me, my appreciation for what he does for

others in the Senate, including our staff members for whom

he has ministered and for whom he has represented an outstanding example of the richest kind of Christian faith.

We have been blessed by having him here. We certainly

will miss him. I will miss him.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I wish to comment a moment on our Chaplain who is leaving us.

I vividly recall when our previous Chaplain indicated he

was not going to serve us any longer. Many of us thought it

would be impossible to replace him. I was in a small group—

I don’t remember if it was three or five Senators—who were

given the job of going out and looking in America for another

Chaplain. Senator Stevens was a member, I recall. So was

Senator Mark Hatfield. I don’t recall the others.

There were a lot of people. I was not so sure that LLOYD

OGILVIE, based on the things he had done in his life was the

one for the job—he was a great preacher; he had large assemblies of Christians he spoke to in the California area. I

did not believe, as one, that he would necessarily fit in, but

I said, ‘‘Let’s try him.’’

He preaches with a beautiful voice; he sounds almost like

you would expect God to sound. He came, and he has been

absolutely marvelous. Everybody here has learned to grow in

faith and confidence having him around.

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It is too bad he has to leave, but he is a very loyal man

in terms of his marriage and his wife. I think her illness

takes him to join her. I hope she gets well, although she has

been very critical and he sees fit to be present there with

her.

So we all say goodbye and good luck. Whomever he serves

and whomever he shares his views with as to where we came

from, where we are going to go when we finish here on

Earth, and our value system, I am sure they will all benefit,

just as we have.

I yield the floor.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, let me add my voice in commendation of LLOYD OGILVIE. He has been superb as the religious leader of this body.

Several years ago, my chief of staff died suddenly and unexpectedly. I called Dr. OGILVIE on very short notice and

asked him to come and lead my staff in prayer and remembrance. I will never forget the extraordinary job, the extraordinary sensitivity that Dr. OGILVIE brought to that task. I

will never forget the way he made my staff feel better in a

very acute time of loss.

Dr. OGILVIE has been a remarkable friend to us all; he has

done a superb job of leading us in prayer, and been a counselor to so many in the Senate family. We are going to miss

him very much, and certainly miss the presence of Mary

Jane as well.

I thank the Chair.

Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from

Oklahoma for talking about our Chaplain. LLOYD OGILVIE

was very influential in the very short time I knew him these

last 2 years. A lot of people around the country don’t know

him, but he provided a very valuable service to the country

by being the spiritual foundation not for just Senators but

for the entire Senate family.

Because LLOYD OGILVIE had a television ministry, I was

very skeptical about who this Senate Chaplain was when I

first came here a little over 2 years ago. He leads Bible studies. He leads prayer groups. He leads times to get together

for people. Regardless of faith, whether somebody was Muslim, Jewish or a follower of Jesus, LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE was

there for us in the truest sense of the word.

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He knew what was going on in individual people’s lives. If

somebody was suffering, he knew about it because people

trusted him enough to bring him into their confidence. As we

have seen over the last couple years, he was there when the

Senate was suffering as a family. He would come and comfort us, and he would lead us from a spiritual sense. I have

come to greatly admire this man.

One of his sayings was quoted in an article I read that

helped inspire me to run for Congress back in 1994. The saying was, ‘‘You may only be able to make a small difference,

but that does not relieve you of the responsibility to make

that small difference.’’

People say you can’t change the world, so why try. That

quote by LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE tells us of the responsibility

we have. Whatever small difference you can make, that is

what you are called to make.

This man, who I believe at the end of his days will come

before the Father in heaven, the Father in heaven will put

his hand on his head and he will say to LLOYD JOHN

OGILVIE: Well done, good and faithful servant.

Each of us in the Senate family look to LLOYD JOHN

OGILVIE and say to him, ‘‘Thank you.’’ He has truly been a

good and faithful servant. My prayers go out to him and

Mary Jane. She is suffering tremendously. All of us together

have been joining in prayer to relieve her suffering. It has

been a terrible thing to watch them go through. Even

through this terrible suffering, we have seen the strength of

LLOYD and Mary Jane. They have been a comfort to us even

through this time of trial.

I thank both of them for their service to this country and

to the Senate family.

Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, let me add my appreciation to Dr. LLOYD OGILVIE for his terrific service to this great

institution. I have been a Member here for not even 3

months now. LLOYD OGILVIE has added such great inspiration to my life. It has been a joy to get to know him and to

have the opportunity to listen to him, to learn from him in

our Bible study, to share our Wednesday morning prayer

breakfast with him, and to have some private time with him.

It has been a real joy, a privilege, and something that truly

got my career in the Senate started in the right way.

We are all here truly by the grace of God. There is nobody

who understands the grace of God and is able to express it

better than LLOYD OGILVIE.

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My wife is a very strong Christian, and the highlight of

her week, when she is able to be up here, is the Tuesday

Bible study that the spouses attend. Dr. OGILVIE exhibits

that same inspiration to the spouses as he does to us.

We will miss this guy. He is such a great man, a great

spiritual leader, and a great American. What he and Mary

Jane have been through over the last couple of years is an

inspiration to all of us. It lets us know that good men suffer

just like everybody else in the world, and LLOYD OGILVIE and

Mary Jane have been through very difficult times.

God has a place for all of us, and God truly has placed

LLOYD and Mary Jane in the right place at the right time

by sending him to the Senate.

I told LLOYD this in the last Bible study he led last week.

The first time I met him I was not a Member of the Senate.

I was a Member of the House, and I attended the funeral of

my close friend and Georgia colleague, Senator Paul Coverdell. It was in a Methodist church in Atlanta. When they

said that Dr. LLOYD OGILVIE, who I knew was a Presbyterian

minister, was going to have the service, I said, ‘‘Who is this

guy? Why is he coming down to do my friend Paul’s service’’?

I told him the other day, I said, ‘‘It didn’t take but one sentence out of your mouth, LLOYD, to understand why you are

where you are, that God had truly placed you in the right

position.’’ And what a terrific job he did for the Coverdell

family and all of us at a very difficult time in the life of my

State, the life of me personally, and certainly the life of the

Coverdell family at that point in time.

We obviously will keep LLOYD and Mary Jane in our

thoughts and prayers every single day as they continue to go

through difficult times. Mary Jane had a better day the

other day. And when it was reported at the prayer breakfast

on Wednesday morning, you could just see the light in the

room brighten because we knew that Mary Jane was feeling

better, which meant LLOYD was feeling better, which meant

all of us were feeling better.

We do cherish the moments we have with LLOYD. We

thank him for his great service to our country and to this

great institution. We wish him and Mary Jane Godspeed.

They will continue to be in our prayers every single day.

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise today to honor and

thank Chaplain OGILVIE for his service and devotion to the

entire Senate family over the past 8 years. Dr. LLOYD JOHN

OGILVIE has been the Chamber’s spiritual leader since the

104th Congress, having been nominated to the Chaplaincy

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by Majority Leader Robert Dole in 1995, the same year I

joined the U.S. Senate. Throughout his tenure here, he has

fulfilled his role as ‘‘an intercessor, trusted prayer partner,

and faithful counselor’’ with the commitment, compassion,

and comforting grace of a learned and sincere man of God.

There are many among us in the Senate who have sought

his wisdom and found solace in his council and friendship.

In addition to listening to his beautiful prayers at the commencement of each legislative session, I have been a regular

participant in his weekly Bible study groups. Like many of

my colleagues, I have watched Dr. OGILVIE execute his office

with a great joy for the work he does and a deep respect for

the moral difficulties we often face as the Nation’s lawmakers. In times both of celebration and distress, Chaplain

OGILVIE always did more than make himself available to the

thousands of Senate members, staff, and employees; he

reached out to our community and brought us together, inviting all faiths and all kinds to be a part of the family.

Throughout the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and in

the confusing, frightening time that followed, we witnessed

Dr. OGILVIE’s amazing capacity for calming and focusing our

thoughts, encouraging their expression, and reminding us of

the strength we possess when we put our faith in God.

Chaplain OGILVIE has been a particularly important figure

in my private and professional life. We pray together daily

and frequently discuss questions of ethics, religion, and law.

But he has also shared in the personal experiences and sorrows that my own family has undergone. Prayerfully guiding

me and my wife through the loss of our son, Gabriel, Dr.

OGILVIE’s reassuring words and his friendship were an invaluable source of peace for us then, as they continue to be

now.

I have much admiration for LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE, and am

grateful to him, for leading us all by the example of his life.

As he relinquishes the Senate Chaplaincy and returns to

California and to his wife, he reminds us that our most important responsibilities are always to our families and loved

ones, and through them, to God.

Thank you, LLOYD, for showing us where the right path

leads, for serving the Senate and our Lord faithfully, and for

helping the Senate family to weather our personal and collective difficulties. Your guidance and your companionship

will be greatly missed.

Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, we will all miss our dear

friend Dr. LLOYD J. OGILVIE. His distinguished service to the

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Senate has been an important part of this institution during

this historic time. Since he was appointed Senate Chaplain

in 1995, Dr. OGILVIE has offered guidance, support, and

prayers to Senators, their staffs, and our families. He has

greatly enhanced the Office of Senate Chaplain that was instituted at the Senate’s first meeting in 1789.

Dr. OGILVIE’s ministry has been a ballast and a bridge for

Senators on both sides of the aisle. His spiritual leadership

has been strong. His service has been selfless. As he takes

up his work outside of the Senate, Lilibet and I wish to express our profound gratitude for the inspiration and wisdom

he has shared with so many of us. We cherish our friendship

with LLOYD and Mary Jane. May God bless both of them.

Mr. KYL. Mr. President, Rev. LLOYD OGILVIE came to the

Senate when I did in 1995. He and I became good friends.

LLOYD has meant more to me than I can express. He has

been a friend and spiritual advisor to my colleagues and

many, many staff members and employees of the Senate.

Democrats and Republicans, men and women of many different religious faiths, could always call on him.

He has been a focal point of the Senate family. On September 11, and every day since, his ability to share the power

of his faith in God has been all the more invaluable to me

and to others. He is eloquent and learned. He’s done a wonderful job, opening every session with prayer, leading Bible

study, helping us to understand Scripture and ourselves.

For the good of this institution he has worked with us to

realize, in the words of John Witherspoon, ‘‘the dominion of

Providence over the passions of men.’’ Obviously that is pretty important here in the Senate, where we are frequently at

loggerheads. Reverend OGILVIE, by lifting our sights to the

world of the spirit, has been a soothing presence.

We do not want to lose him; but we know it’s necessary for

him to be with his wife Mary Jane in California. We understand; and, since he is going to continue his prolific speaking, teaching, and writing, we also know we won’t lose touch

with him.

The entire Senate family is better for the service of this influential servant of God. LLOYD and Mary Jane, Godspeed.

Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, I rise tonight to express my

great admiration and appreciation for Dr. LLOYD OGILVIE, a

man who has served the Senate, and our country, with great

dignity and honor.

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Bob and I have treasured our friendship with LLOYD and

Mary Jane through many years. I feel blessed to know such

a warm, compassionate and caring couple. They share a

beautiful partnership and just last year celebrated 50 years

of marriage and three wonderful children, Scott, Heather

and Andrew.

Mary Jane has long been admired for setting such a strong

example of what it means to give of yourself. After battling

breast cancer 20 years ago, she has done so much to help

other women going through the pain—physical, emotional

and spiritual—of cancer and cancer treatment. My thoughts

and prayers are continually with Mary Jane and her family

now, at this very difficult time in her life and theirs.

LLOYD OGILVIE is an extraordinary man of God. He has

served amongst us with such a gentle and humble spirit,

that sometimes it has been easy to forget what a worldrenowned spiritual guide and Biblical scholar we have had

in our midst. As a profound preacher, as well as an author

and editor of over 40 books, LLOYD OGILVIE is admired the

world over for his depth of insight into eternal truths and for

his ability to communicate those truths in a loving spirit. It

has been our special blessing to have had this wise, dear

man of God as our personal friend and advisor, standing

with us here in the Senate Chamber or meeting with us just

down the hall.

The first in his family to attend college, LLOYD OGILVIE’s

plan was to study drama, hoping to go to Hollywood. He answered a call to preach instead, but still ended up in Hollywood—pastoring the First Presbyterian Church.

After 23 years at First Presbyterian, Dr. OGILVIE answered

another call—and became the 61st Chaplain of the Senate.

Recommended by a bipartisan committee, he was nominated

by then-Majority Leader Bob Dole and he began his duties

March 13, 1995. He bridged Dole to Dole—and during his

time in the Senate he has also bridged many differences,

counseling and caring for both sides of the aisle.

With that deep, booming voice of his, which we have come

to so easily recognize and love, LLOYD has opened our days

in prayer. Day after day, he has steadied our hearts and

pointed our thoughts heavenward. And I believe, as a result,

he has helped us to render service to our Nation and to our

God with a deeper sense of perspective and stewardship.

From his first days as Chaplain, Dr. OGILVIE reached out

in so many ways—one of which impacted my life—a weekly

Bible study for Senate spouses. And one of the things I will

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miss most is the Senators’ Bible study he has led every

Thursday at noon during my first 10 weeks in the U.S. Senate.

LLOYD has seen all of us here in the Senate family as his

parish. He will be deeply missed by the hundreds of Senate

staffers, cafeteria workers, police officers, and service department personnel whom he has inspired to deeper faith and

commitment.

LLOYD’s love of Christ, and his love of others in Christ’s

name, have been evident through his life, and his ministry

amongst us, each and every day. There is a remarkable, caring spirit about LLOYD OGILVIE, a special attentiveness in

his demeanor. LLOYD has a wonderful capacity for kindness

and compassion. He has been a valued teacher and counselor

to so many. He has been there at our side, when we or our

family members have faced turmoil. And he has ministered

among us when our Nation has faced special challenges.

Each one of us is constantly in need of God’s grace and

guidance not only to make the big decisions, but also to perform life’s routine duties with the love for others, the peace,

the joy inherent in God’s call. LLOYD OGILVIE has helped

bring that grace and guidance to the Senate. His gift, and

his passion, is helping others not only to understand God’s

will, but to resolve to live within God’s will each and every

day.

Although LLOYD OGILVIE is leaving the Senate, I am comforted in knowing that he will still be praying for the people

of the Senate. Through his continued friendship, and his

writings, he will be a treasured resource for spiritual guidance.

As former Chaplains of distinction Peter Marshall and

Richard Halverson continue to impact this historic Chamber,

so, too, will LLOYD JOHN OGILVIE.

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Selected Prayers

March 13, 1995

Let us pray:

Almighty God, Lord of our lives and Sovereign of our beloved Nation, as we begin this new day filled with awesome

responsibilities and soul-sized issues, we are irresistibly

drawn into Your presence by the magnetism of Your love and

by our need for Your guidance. We come to You at Your invitation. Our longing to know Your will is motivated by Your

greater desire to guide and inspire us. In the quiet of intimate communion with You, the tightly wound springs of

pressure and stress are released and a profound inner peace

invades our minds. We hear again the impelling cadences of

the drumbeat of Your Spirit calling up to press on in the battle for truth, righteousness, and justice. Our minds snap to

full attention, and our hearts salute You as Sovereign Lord.

You have given us minds capable of receiving Your mind,

imaginations able to envision Your plan and purpose, and

wills ready to do Your will. Anoint our minds with the liberating assurance that whatever You give us the vision to conceive, and the power to believe, we can completely trust You

to help us achieve. Lord, fill our minds with Your spirit. Go

before us to show us the way, behind us to press us forward,

beside us to give us courage, above us to protect us, and

within us to give us supernatural wisdom and discernment.

Continue to bless our President and his Cabinet, the House

of Representatives, and the men and women of the Senate as

together they serve You as partners in solving the problems

which confront us and grasp the full potential of Your destiny for our great Nation.

In Your all-powerful Name, Amen.

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October 20, 1995

Almighty God, ultimate Judge of us all, free us from the

pejorative judgments that put others down when they do not

agree with us. We develop a litmus test to judge others.

Sometimes, when they don’t measure up, we question their

value and make condemnatory judgments of them. Most serious of all, we think our categorization justifies our lack of

prayer for them. Often we self-righteously neglect in our

prayers the very people who most need Your blessing.

Give us Samuel’s heart to say, ‘‘Far be it from me that I

should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you’’ (1

Samuel 12:23). Remind us that You alone have power to

change the minds and hearts of people if we will be faithful

to pray for them. Make us intercessors for all those You have

placed in our hearts—even those we previously have condemned with our judgments. We accept Your authority:

‘‘Judgment is mine, says the Lord.’’ I pray this in the name

of Jesus, who with Moses and the prophets, taught us to do

to others what we would wish them to do to us. Amen.

March 15, 1996

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

On Sunday, we will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. So, today

it is appropriate to share the Gaelic blessing and then pray

one of St. Patrick’s prayers.

May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always

at your back. May the sun lie warm upon Your face, The

rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again May

the Lord hold you In the hollow of His hand.

Gracious Lord, we remember the words with which St.

Patrick began his days. ‘‘I arise today, through God’s might

to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look

before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s hand to guard me,

God’s way to lie before me and God’s shield to protect me.’’

In Your holy Name, Amen.

October 2, 1996

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sity that our optimism is tested. When the process of human

efforts grinds slowly and people disturb our pace of progress,

our attitudes are given a litmus test.

Often our realism too soon turns to resignation. We expect

far too little and receive it.

Transform our experienced pessimism into expectant hope.

So often we live as if we had to carry the burdens alone.

Today we relinquish any negative thoughts to You and receive a fresh infusion of Your hope.

Hope through us today, O God of hope. Make us people

who are a lift and not a load, a blessing and not a burden.

Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

July 9, 1997

Generous Father, help us to be more gracious receivers.

We talk a lot about giving but often find it difficult to give

to others what they need because we have been stingy receivers of Your grace and goodness. We cannot give what we

do not have. Remind us that to love You is to allow You to

love us profoundly. Then we will be able to love others unselfishly. The same is true for the gifts we need from You for

our leadership. We need Your supernatural gift of discernment. Help us be willing to receive Your divine intelligence

rather than obdurately insisting on making it on our own

limited resources. Invade our thinking with insight and inspiration we could not produce on our own. You wait to bless

us. We receive not because we do not ask. All through this

day, make us aware of our great need for You and the great

things You want to do through us. In the Name of our Lord

and Saviour. Amen.

June 16, 1998

God of power and providence, we begin this day of work

in the Senate with Your assurance: ‘‘I will not leave you nor

forsake you. Be strong and of good courage’’ (Joshua 1:5–6).

You have chosen to be our God and elected us to be Your

servants. You are the Sovereign Lord of this Nation and

have destined us to be a land of righteousness, justice, and

freedom. Your glory fills this historic chamber. Today has

challenges and decisions that will test our knowledge and experience. We dare not trust in our own understanding. In the

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quiet of this moment, fill our inner wells with Your Spirit.

Our deepest desire is to live today for Your glory and by

Your grace.

We praise You that it is Your desire to give good gifts to

those who ask You. You give strength and courage when we

seek You above anything else. You guide the humble and

teach them Your way. We open our minds to receive Your inspiration. Astound us with new insight and fresh ideas we

would not conceive without Your blessing.

Help us to maintain unity in the midst of differing solutions to the problems that we must address together. Guide

our decisions. When the debate is ended and votes are counted, enable us to press on to the work ahead of us with unity.

Through our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

September 30, 1998

YOM KIPPUR

Blessed be the Name of the Lord: God of Abraham, Isaac,

and Israel. We thank You for this sacred Yom Kippur, the

Day of Atonement. We hear Your whisper in our souls, ‘‘I,

even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own

sake; and I will not remember your sins’’ (Isaiah 43:25).

Guide our confession, Holy God. Remind us of those things

that need Your atonement. Forgive us for our sins of omission and commission, for the drift of our culture from Your

moral absolutes. Situations should not shape our ethics, but

Your ethics must shape our situations. Cleanse us from the

acts and attitudes that contradict Your will for us. We have

broken Your commandments, denied Your justice, and resisted Your righteousness.

As a Nation on this holy day, we ask for Your forgiveness;

as individuals, we claim Your forgiveness for the ways we

have broken Your heart.

May the assurance of Your grace give us fresh courage to

forgive others as You have forgiven us. Liberate our memories from harbored hurts. We commit this day to communicate Your love and forgiveness to others. Through our Lord

and Saviour. Amen.

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January 27, 1999

TRIAL OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES

Dear God, leadership has its defining days in which crucial

decisions must be made. You know that this is an important

one of those days. In a few moments, votes must be cast.

Now in the quiet, the Senators wait to be counted. It is a

lonely time. Beyond party loyalties, those on both sides of

the aisle long to do what ultimately is best for our Nation.

Debate has led to firm convictions. Give the Senators the

courage of these convictions and the assurance that, if they

are true to whatever they now believe is best, You will bless

them with peace. We intercede for them and the heavy responsibility they must carry. Imbue them with Your calming

Spirit and strengthen them with Your gift of faith to trust

You to maintain unity once the votes are tallied. We commit

the results to You. Our times are in Your hands. Through

our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

April 13, 1999

Lord of creation, You have written Your signature in the

bursting beauty of this magnificent spring morning in our

Nation’s Capital. The breathtaking splendor of blossoms

blankets the city with fairyland wonder. The daffodils and

crocuses have opened to express Your glory. Now, Lord, tune

our hearts to join with all nature in singing Your praise.

We thank You for the rebirth of hope that comes with this

season of renewal. You remind us, ‘‘Behold, I make all things

new!’’ As the seeds and bulbs have germinated in the Earth,

so You have prepared us to burst forth in newness of life. We

forget the former things and claim Your new beginning for

us. Help us to accept Your forgiveness and be giving and forgiving people. Clean out the hurting memories of our hearts

so that we may be open communicators of Your vibrant, creative spirit as we tackle problems and grasp the possibilities

of this day for our beloved Nation’s future. By Your power.

Amen.

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June 16, 1999

Sovereign God, help us to see our work here in government

as our divine calling and mission. Whatever we are called to

do today, we want to do our very best for Your glory. Our

desire is not just to do different things but to do some of the

same old things differently: with freedom, joy, and excellence. Give us new delight for matters of drudgery, new patience for people who are difficult, new zest for unfinished

details. Be our lifeline in the pressures of deadlines, our rejuvenation in routines, and our endurance whenever we feel

enervated. May we spend more time talking to You about

issues than we do talking to others about issues. So may our

communion with You give us such deep convictions that we

will have the high courage to defend them. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on us so that we may serve You with renewed dedication today. Through our Lord and Saviour.

Amen.

March 6, 2000

Almighty God, Sovereign of our beloved Nation and gracious Lord of our lives, in the ongoing schedule of Senate

business, we tend to lose one of the most precious gifts You

offer us: a sense of expectancy. As we begin this new week,

help us to expect great things from You and to attempt great

things for You. We will perform the same old duties differently because You will have made us different people

filled with Your love, joy, peace, and patience. We commit to

You the challenges and opportunities of the week ahead, expecting Your surprises—serendipities of Your interventions—

to work things out. Give us freedom to cooperate with You.

Give us a positive attitude toward life because we know You

will maximize our efforts, assist us when dealing with difficult people, and help us to care for those in need. Bring on

life, Lord; filled with Your spirit, we are expecting wonderful

things to happen. In Your all-powerful Name. Amen.

November 14, 2000

Sovereign of our Nation, we trust You as ultimate Ruler

of this land. Give us historically astute hindsight so we can

have 20/20 vision to see that You are at work in the shadowy

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realms of the often ambiguous election processes. We grow in

confidence as we remember that You have sustained us in

crises over contested Presidential elections at crucial times

in our history. There is no panic in heaven; therefore there

can be peace in our souls in the midst of the human muddle

of this uncertain time.

You have all power, You alone are Almighty, and You are

able to accomplish Your purposes and plans through the

votes of Your people. You rule and overrule. When these

votes bring us to results that are painfully close, give us patience to wait for a just resolution. Your intervening power

is not limited: You are able to guide the candidates and their

advisors about when and how to do what is best for America.

Lord, we all love a winner, but most of all, we want America to win in this conflict. With this as the focus of our attention, we intentionally turn away from divisive distrust of

people and human systems to divinely inspired confidence in

You. You are still in charge. In that liberating assurance,

may the Senators and their staffs, and all of us who work

with and for them, press on with alacrity to finish the work

of the 106th Congress. You, dear God, are in control. You are

our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

September 12, 2001

TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11

Almighty God, source of strength and hope in the darkest

hours of our Nation’s history, we praise You for the consistency and constancy of Your presence with us to help us confront and battle the forces of evil manifested in infamous, illusive, cowardly acts of terrorism. We turn to You with

hearts filled with dismay, anger, and grief over the terrorist

attacks on the World Trade buildings in New York City and

the Pentagon here in Washington. We pray for the thousands of victims who lost their lives as a result of these violent acts against our Nation. We intercede for their loved

ones; comfort them and give them courage. In particular, we

pray for the loved ones of the firefighters and police who died

seeking to help others. Quiet our turbulent hearts. Remind

us of how You have been with us in trouble and tragedies

of the past and have given us victory over tyranny. Bless the

women and men of this Senate today as they join with President Bush in decisive action. Guide them as they seek justice

against the perpetrators of yesterday’s evil destruction and

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seek to devise a long-range solution to the insidious problem

of terrorism. Thank You in advance for the courageous leadership You will provide through this Senate. You are our

Lord and Saviour. Amen.

October 10, 2002

Almighty God, all power and authority belong to You. You

hold universes in Your hands and focus Your attention on

the planet Earth. We humble ourselves before You. You

alone are Lord of all nations and have called our Nation to

be a leader in the family of nations. By Your providence You

have brought to this Senate the men and women through

whom You can rule wisely in the soul-sized matters that affect the destiny of humankind. With awe and wonder at

Your trust in them, the Senators soon will vote on the resolution on Iraq as part of our Nation’s ongoing battle against

terrorism.

Grip their minds with three assurances to sustain them:

You are Sovereign of this land and they are accountable to

You; You are able to guide their thinking, speaking, and decisions if they will but ask You; and You will bring them to

unity so that they may lead our Nation in its strategic role

against terrorism and assist the free nations of the world in

their shared obligation.

O God, hear our prayer. You are our Lord and Saviour.

Amen.

January 10, 2003

Gracious Father, Source of all the blessings of life, You

have made us rich spiritually. As we begin this new day, we

realize that You have placed in our spiritual bank accounts

abundant deposits of soul strength, intellectual acumen, volitional aptitude, and physical agility.

You remind us of Your loving-kindness, You give us the

gift of faith to trust You for what we will need to meet today’s challenges. You promise to go before us, preparing people and circumstances so we can press on with Your best for

America. You open doors previously shut and enable

serendipities of success so we can work without strain or

stress. You give us the magnificent gifts of wisdom and discernment, vision and vibrant hope.

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Bless the Senators as they expect great strength from You

and attempt great work for Your glory and for the good of

America. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

January 17, 2003

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’S BIRTHDAY

Almighty God, Lord of history, who calls great leaders and

anoints them with supernatural power to lead in times of social distress when Your righteousness and justice must be

reestablished. This weekend we celebrate the birthday of

Martin Luther King, Jr. We praise You, O God, for his life

and leadership in the cause of racial justice. You gave him

a dream of equality and opportunity for all people which You

empowered him to declare as a clarion call to all America.

As we honor the memory of this truly great man and courageous American, we ask You to cleanse any prejudice from

our hearts and help us press on in the battle to assure the

equality of education, housing, job opportunities, advancement, and social status for all people, regardless of race and

creed. May this Senate be distinguished in its leadership in

this ongoing challenge to assure the rights of all people in

this free land. Amen.

February 6, 2003

Almighty God, who never sends tragedies or trouble but is

with us in the midst of nerve-stretching times to give us

courage, we fall on the knees of our hearts seeking the peace

and hope only You can provide. When there is nowhere else

to turn it’s time to return to You. With the untimely death

of the heroic astronauts, we are reminded of the shortness

of our lives and the length of eternity.

Yesterday we listened to Secretary of State Colin Powell

and realized again that we face a treacherous enemy with

formidable, destructive power. For the sake of the safety of

humankind and the world, grant the President, his advisors,

and this Senate Your strategy and strength for the crucial

decisions confronting them.

And now for the work of this day, keep the Senators and

all of us who work with and for them mindful that You are

Sovereign of this land, and that we are accountable to You

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for all that is said and done. May the bond of patriotism that

binds us together always be stronger than any issue that

threatens to divide us. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

March 6, 2003

Almighty God, we confess that it is sometimes easier to

pray about Your presence and power than it is to turn over

the control of our lives and our work to You. We are here to

serve You by working together as we serve our Nation. But

built right into our two-party system is the potential for discord and the lack of civility. Sometimes procedures can become more important than progress and winning more crucial than finding ways of working together.

Now at the beginning of this day, remind the Senators and

all of us who serve with them that this is Your Senate, that

we are accountable to You, and that we could not breathe a

breath without Your permission. In our mind’s eye we picture a day in which we can put You and our Nation first. We

humble ourselves lest we miss Your call to greatness. For

You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

March 12, 2003

Gracious God, these days here in the Senate are filled with

crucial issues, differences on solutions, and vital votes on legislation. We begin this session with the question You asked

King Solomon, ‘‘Ask what shall I give You?’’ We empathize

with Solomon’s answer. He asked for an ‘‘understanding

heart.’’ We are moved with a more precise translation of the

Hebrew words for ‘‘understanding heart,’’ meaning a ‘‘hearing heart.’’

Solomon wanted to hear a word from You about the

perplexities that he faced. He longed for the gift of wisdom

so that he could have answers and direction for his people.

We are inspired by Your response, ‘‘See, I have given you a

wise and listening heart.’’

I pray nothing less as You answer this urgent prayer for

the women and men of this Senate. Help them to listen to

Your guidance and grant them wisdom for their debates and

decisions. All through our history as a Nation You have

made good men and women great when they humbled themselves, confessed their need for Your wisdom, and listened

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intently to You. Speak Lord; we need to hear Your voice in

the cacophony of other voices. We are listening. You are our

Lord and Saviour. Amen.

March 13, 2003

O God, our refuge and our strength, a very present help

in trouble, we will not fear! In the midst of these perilous

times, we hear Your voice saying, ‘‘Be still and know that I

am God; I will be exalted among the Nations, I will be exalted in the Earth.’’ In response we affirm, ‘‘The Lord of

hosts is with us; You are our help and hope.’’

From the Continental Congress through the formation of

our Constitution to the establishment of the first Senate, our

leaders have acknowledged You as Sovereign of this land

and the source of all our blessings.

Lord I thank You for the privilege of serving as Chaplain

of the men and women of this Senate. As You have called

them to lead our Nation and the world, You have opened

their minds and hearts to receive Your guidance and care. It

is with profound gratitude that I reflect on these years with

them. You are our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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