> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On > Behalf Of Gary Nunn
... > I am having a difficult time picturing a "prayer team" swinging > into action, > it almost reminds me of watching the white-hot action of bowling on TV. > > I have always said that the one thing that turns people away from > Christianity is Christians. Well, yeah. That's why it's Christ-ianity, not Christian-iantity, so to speak. And even Christ is scary, in the way that a firefighter who shows up to rescue you in the middle of the night, carrying an axe and breathing like Darth Vader is scary. And just when things seem to be going really badly for your house, the darn firefighters are cutting holes in the roof, seemingly making things worse. It *is* hard to see the good through all the smoke, noise and unfamiliar sights. That's why people hide -- under the bed, in the closet, etc. -- from firefighters. And die as a result. I used to do fire safety education of preschoolers, where we'd help them get familiar with the turnout gear, etc. -- that's the way to help people not be frightened by the help. (Not that I'm saying you are.) That *is* a bit of an odd web site, since it has no particular point of view. But it's not quite as "serious" as you implied, I think, since it's not endorsing one. It comes off to me as, "some of this is probably way off the mark, but we're letting you decide which." As for prayer teams "swinging into action," I have a problem with that. It sounds a lot like it mistakes prayer for action, rather than recognizing that prayer enables action -- the kind of cop-out that leads us to pray for the hungry person in front of us, instead of *feeding* them. Not that I'm not guilty of that sometimes. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
