Oh Lord, please help leaders of all faiths to find the courage to publicly criticize Texas Governor Rick Perry for his proclamation for days of prayer for rain that he…
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Yesterday’s Strib has a letter to the editor by Northfielder and frequent LoGroNo commenter, John George, on “how earthquakes can be God’s judgment for sin.” (See full text below.) I’m hoping John will chime in here with a longer explanation.
As an atheist, it makes no sense to me, of course, and I last blogged about God’s role in natural disasters back in 2007.
But for those of you who do believe in God and who might quickly dismiss John’s assertions, consider how often you pray or participate in prayers that ask God to intercede in some way in your physical world or the physical world of others.
Whenever Thanksgiving weekend rolls around, memories of playing hockey on ponds near my house where I grew up in Eagan (then a township) come back to me. By November 1st,…
Iowa’s Zach Johnson won the Masters golf tournament today. The DesMoines Register reported: Johnson said with a cracking voice as he talked with CBS near the 18th green that the…
About three years ago my wife read the novel Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns and pointed out a passage that astounded me at the time. Why? Because in…
What’s wrong with these prayers? “Let us pray for the safe return of our troops.” “And now let us bow our heads in prayer and ask God for a bountiful…