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A Prayer for the MercyMe Bus Crash
By
nsymmonds
Early on Saturday morning, a MercyMe tour bus going through a greenlight collided with a car that suddenly made a left turn. Three of the passengers in the car, Barbara Schmucker, 17, her boyfriend Dario Boutte, 19, and the baby of the pregnant driver, Kara Klinker, 18, died. Klinker is in critical condition. No one on…
The Smell of Injustice and the Incense of Prayer
By
Mark Herringshaw
In Six Prayers God Always Answers, Jennifer Schuchmann and I argue that pleas for justice are one of the appeals that always move God to action. We sometimes imagine that God values passive self deprecation. Wrong! In the Bible we find countless examples of people who move God’s heart when their own hearts feel…
Angry Prayers: The Bible Gives Permission
By
Mark Herringshaw
There is nothing stoic about the Psalms. As a collection of Israel’s worship songs the Psalms capture the heart of the Jews’ heart for God. The Hebrews do not separate their thoughts and theology from their passion. Their worship is filled with emotion. No poet of the Psalms expresses this connection of heart and head…
Prayer as Anger Management
By
Mark Herringshaw
Last week a friend sent me a link to a website featuring articles about “anger management.” I’m not sure if he felt I needed this information, but he did ask what I thought about the approach. I had to tell him the truth: the site made me a bit angry. The gist of their message is that…
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