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 hospital. After he explained everything, I hesitated to give the standard Christian answer, “I will be praying for her.”
I don’t judge anyone else for [...]
Archive > April 2007
weakly prayer – for Michael’s Nana
on a side note…
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 (heart, arms, legs, etc.).
- That I will finish before they start letting traffic back onto the roads.
- That I will finish faster than anyone over [...]
link to story about Liviu Librescu
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 how he barricaded the doorway of his Virginia Tech classroom protecting many of his students from the killer.
virginia tech
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 of Professor Liviu Librescu, a survivor of the Holocaust. April 16, the day of the shooting, was also Holocaust Remembrance Day, or [...]
is Jesus’ message a secret?
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 books for a while now, and my brother-in-law Brad gave me this one as a gift, so I figured I would start with it [...]
weakly prayer – memory and pain
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 and ourselves. After all, we know no one likes to be around people in pain. So we cannot even be around ourselves. [...]
Jesus’ resurrection: does matter matter?
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. Easter brings them in as if the church was giving away free money! Most of these churches spend their Easter morning celebrating the resurrection [...]
the inbetweenness of life
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 mother and wife from Darfur, talks about how Fort Wayne has been a welcome place for her and a growing community of Darfuri people.
“I [...]
face of Jesus, face of God
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 faith is a dead language and its symbols empty, for whom the figure of Jesus is vague and remote as a figure in a dream, powerless [...]
weakly prayer – palm sunday
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 a contest of strength, but a display of weakness?
While the armies of this earth display their strength by shedding blood, taking away the lives of their [...]
Jason Barmer
