About Us

When I was a teen in Chicago in the early 1970's I participated in two 26-mile Hunger-Hikes collecting monetary pledges per mile for the number of miles completed-all proceeds going to local food banks. This was a powerful experience for my friends and I. A sometime playwright, last year I started out to write a dramatic play about the millennium development goals and personal integrity. I quickly realized this was better nonfiction, the stage needed to be as big as the world-a life play. Everyone has a role. No part is too small. The result is countingprayers.org, a first act.

For the past fifteen years, I have been and still am the co-director of the Trinity Conference Center is West Cornwall, CT-a ministry of hospitality to ministers, secular and religious. This conference center is soaked in the prayer of many denominations and faith traditions, and is a witness to what great results working together can achieve.

The two most pressing issues of our time are inseparably linked. The continual warming of the globe will take the living conditions for the world's bottom billion people from serious to critical. We need to act. Say a prayer. Ring the bells!

And, if you are in a position to donate the Millennium Tithe of 0.7% of your income to development in the poorest nations I urge you to do so. If you are not please write an eloquent letter to your elected officials telling them of your concerns about global warming, domestic poverty, and extreme poverty.

Thank you for bearing witness, your advocacy, and your prayers for a better world.

Hopefully,
Jon Denn
founder
countingprayers.org