Friday, October 03, 2014
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"When God answers prayer, he tends
to do it in the South." So begins a brief news story on a prayer
survey conducted by LifeWay Research, and sponsored by Max Lucado.
Among other findings, only 37 percent of Americans pray for their enemies,
and another 14 percent pray for God to smite them!
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The lists in this article
may not be, but they come close. Among other lists: Albert Einstein's demands
to his wife, the objections of Charles Darwin's father to his son's first
voyage to South America, and the options producers pondered for the last line
of Gone with the Wind. We can be thankful they did not go with
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a straw."
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I trust CT subscribers (of which there
are many, I assume, reading this) have read Phillip Cary's review of Michael
Horton's Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World. If
not, do so now. The
reviewer and the author are two of my favorite writers addressing
contemporary American spirituality. They bring a sobering maturity to the
discussion.
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A zealous referee recently penalized
Husain Abdullah. The devout Muslim intercepted a pass and returned it for a
touchdown, entering the end zone by sliding on both knees and then bowing in prayer. The
referee gave 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. There is some confusion as
to whether Abdullah was penalized for sliding or praying, since religious
expression on the field is permitted. At any rate, the incident reminds us
that there are not only devout Christians on the gridiron, but more and more devout Muslims like Abdullah.
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Here is a short YouTube video (2:42) with
an illustration on the nature of gossip,
from a movie starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. I'd say
"enjoy," but the point of the story is a tad convicting.
Nonetheless, it's moving.
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Grace
and peace,
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