A small request: All you are asked to do is keep this circulating.
Dear God, I pray for the cure of cancer. Amen
All you are asked to do is keep this circulating. Even if it's to one more person. In memory of anyone you know that has been struck down by cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.
Please Keep This Candle Going! There will be a cure. Thank you
Dear God, I pray for the cure of cancer. Amen
All you are asked to do is keep this circulating. Even if it's to one more person. In memory of anyone you know that has been struck down by cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle.
Please Keep This Candle Going! There will be a cure. Thank you
I’ve said it before, but I will say it many times again, no father is more blessed than I. Today, Rachel has helped out her old dad with the technological intricacies that he can’t do himself; e.g. the “small request” I received in today’s e-mail. I just couldn’t help myself, and I made the following reply:
I am reluctant to respond, and yet, as a leukemia patient myself, I am forced to ponder the theology behind this kind of request. Is God just waiting to be asked? If that's the case, I have no need of such a petty deity.
That caused enough of a ripple in this little pond that I decided (with Rachel’s help, of course) to see if I could generate some waves in bigger waters. Many who molded my worldview were concerned about the effects of theological illiteracy in today’s world, and e-mails such as this one which are regularly circulated among the throngs serve to justify that concern.
As an affirmation that our theological worldview is profoundly affecting our future, I close by encouraging you to read this essay by one of my favorites:
I am reluctant to respond, and yet, as a leukemia patient myself, I am forced to ponder the theology behind this kind of request. Is God just waiting to be asked? If that's the case, I have no need of such a petty deity.
That caused enough of a ripple in this little pond that I decided (with Rachel’s help, of course) to see if I could generate some waves in bigger waters. Many who molded my worldview were concerned about the effects of theological illiteracy in today’s world, and e-mails such as this one which are regularly circulated among the throngs serve to justify that concern.
As an affirmation that our theological worldview is profoundly affecting our future, I close by encouraging you to read this essay by one of my favorites:
Prayer and the Presidency by Nancy Gibbs
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