tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post7562603805314001367..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: A Prayer Surge for PeaceStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-8895589064821200852007-09-06T11:04:00.000-07:002007-09-06T11:04:00.000-07:00I'm delighted that it was encouraging! Thank Jim W...I'm delighted that it was encouraging! Thank Jim Wallis - he's the man. <BR/><BR/>I must say that at least in the churches I've attended, we've prayed about the war every week since it began. Even the really liberal bitchy-moaney activist church never neglected to lift up the war and our president by name each and every week. <BR/><BR/>I learned in class once that this was the traditional Russian Orthodox response to the violence raging around them as well: to enter the church and pray. Now, it didn't work out great for them much of the time (from the world's perspective, that is), but even though their bodies and churches were harmed, their souls were not. <BR/><BR/>It's really hard to know where to draw the line between praying for peace and acting for peace. Thoughts from others? Do we intervene when injustice is being done? Is our intervention to be anything beyond putting ourselves in harm's way instead? (and if so, how can that really change things, in the long run?)<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about this a lot lately and really crave some discussion on it.Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-24012121203348996362007-09-06T10:58:00.000-07:002007-09-06T10:58:00.000-07:00I have never seen a christian take this approach t...I have never seen a christian take this approach to activism in regard to war (in a blog, that is). Weird...shouldn't it be the first approach. Instead of bitching, moaning, and ad hominen attacks, you want to pray. Thanks, your blog encouraged me, and I will send in my prayer through the link you have provided.natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212790581679016617noreply@blogger.com