weakly prayer – for Michael’s Nana
I was listening to a friend of mine yesterday (we’ll call him “Michael”, since that is his name) tell about his grandmother’s recent health problems and her stay in the […]
I was listening to a friend of mine yesterday (we’ll call him “Michael”, since that is his name) tell about his grandmother’s recent health problems and her stay in the […]
I’m running the Country Music Marathon tomorrow, so your prayers are appreciated. You could pray specifically for the following: – That no major body parts stop functioning or fall off […]
This link tells the story of Liviu Librescu, who I mentioned in the Virginia Tech post yesterday. It tells about the Holocaust survivor’s life and also gives some description of […]
It doesn’t take much looking to find evidence that evil and suffering are a reality. The tragedy at Virgina Tech this week was no exception. Especially significant was the death […]
I’m reading The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren and enjoying it, even though I’ve not bought in to his every point. I’ve wanted to read one of McLaren’s […]
From Prayers Plainly Spoken, by Stanley Hauerwas: “Crucified Lord, your creation is full of pain. Our lives are filled with pain. We must appear happy, to be OK, to others […]
Christ the Lord is risen today! Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Church-goers of all shapes and sizes came out of the woodwork today to go to church. […]
This article from the New York Times tells how many people from the battered region of Darfur, in Sudan have found a haven in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fawzia Suliman, a […]
Here is a poignant passage for holy week, from a book by Frederick Buechner, The Faces of Jesus: Our age is full of people for whom the language of religious […]
Messiah Lord, Why did you ride on a donkey to receive the praise of the crowd? Were you trying to tell them, to tell us, that your triumph was not […]