Living your faith subject of Arlington Heights prayer breakfast

Putting personal religious principles into action during the week is probably the hardest thing anyone does.

Bill Bradish will discuss this difficulty at the 23rd annual Mayor's Community Prayer Breakfast, at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago, 75 W. Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights.

Tickets are $20 each; the deadline is Jan. 30. Call the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce at (847) 253-1703.

Bradish owns an independent insurance agency in Arlington Heights and has a part-time job with Orchard Evangelical Free Church.

He recognizes that the message at a prayer breakfast is different from those expressed at most religious events because people of all faiths are encouraged to attend this gathering.

"That's what our country is founded upon - a place where people of different faiths could exercise their religion," he said. "My talk is personalized to what I do, not what other people should necessarily be doing."

The country was founded by people of faith on principles that are consistent with faith, he said.

"I'm not saying I have all the answers," said Bradish. And when he talks about getting advice from wise Christians, he puts his wife, Judy, at the top of that list.

Some tools Bradish uses to meet the week:

• Read the Bible daily and use wisdom found there to impact decisions.

• Stay close "to people who do a better job of this than I do."

• Look to the Lord and use prayer.

The prayer breakfast is patterned after the President's Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. and one hosted by the Illinois governor.