Prayer, Part Two

Just a couple of pictures of where I go to work. Yes, Mike, this is the view we get to see in the spring until the inversion layer sits down on us. That is Homer's Nose on the right and the Kaweah River canyon is above the young man with his hat off. The second picture is of Marshall doing the baseball coach's eternal job, which is a life extending experience*, and a closer shot of the Kaweah gorge. We don't usually have this much snow on the mountains at this time of the year, but it is always appreciated.

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True love? Bringing us further along the road to a definition is a Leonard Cohen video of the song, "Dance Me to the End of Love." I can't get the video to show up here but if you go to Youtube and search for "cohen dance me to the end of love" you should find the "official" version. That is the one to watch.

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This is a follow-up to the previous post about our humble high school and the graduation night prayer. This week it was still the talk of the radio waves and at least one TV station visited. Students are still talking some, but no official pronouncement has been made about what will happen.

I was approached by an honest true friend that had the opportunity to talk to the young person that has been at the center of this issue, and who has been the target of vile, ugly and cruel comments. What came out of that conversation is a much different truth than what is being passed along as the sole version of the truth within the community.

In the process of a research paper this young person asked a question of an adult, who asked another adult, who talked with a third adult. This young person nor parents never asked that the prayer be dropped. Nor did they ever threaten a lawsuit. That is the truth and everything else is speculation. Almost all of us have never been in the meetings that have taken place and are not privy to the discussions that have occurred. And yet many have spoken out with another version of "truth," sometimes vehemently.

What bothers me most is that Christ and Christianity once again are being besmirched by the voice of "Christians" speaking from their hearts and minds, instead of from the truth and love of Christ and the Bible. Why would I want to become a Christian if this is how I am expected to live and act?


*A life extending experience is any event that, though it may be work or pleasure, extends your life one minute for every minute you spend doing that experience.