I wish.....

that I believed in a God that could cause miracles to occur in spontaneous healing

that I believed in a God that could reverse the clock

that I believed that the power of prayer would magically cause God to intervene in awful situations

but I don't

I own that chaos occurs in this world

that shit happens to people and it shouldn't

but, oh, how i wish

Hi folks

I know there are wise and compassionate folks on this site.

I also recognize that there are those who have lived through tough times..when just breathing was about all that you were up to.

I am hoping that all you wise people will list out ideas for supporting folks who are going through treatments or their families.  Of course, it doesn't have to be cancer treatments; however, I figure it is one of the more common scenarios that you might think of

 One thing I have learned is that often I give people too much information at one time, and people are overwhelmed.

This evening, on TV, I watched Russell Williams in the interrogation room as he talked about what he had done. I felt sickness and hopelessness and something much more terrible than disgust; and I felt an indescribable sadness.

How does a Christian react to this?

Hi all-I'm new here and looking to connect with united church or like-minded people in discussions about lots of stuff.

but right now I'm going to make it all about me!

my dear two roomates, God bless them, are hard-nosed, ultra-conservative, fire and brimstone christians who belong to the (I AM NOT EXAGGERATING: slightly fascist) organization known as my university's chapter of Campus for Christ.

they both think the UCC is a tiny, crazy, liberal organization that practically does not qualify as Christian.

I was home in bed, sick, and I needed something to watch. Having cancelled my cable TV a few years ago, I decided to give Itune movies a try and I found One Week.. It appealed to me as it was the story of one week in Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) life. A Toronto man in his mid twenties engaged to be married, just starting out in his career as a teacher and writer. The film starts with him being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that is in stage 4.   With treatment  the Doctor gives him a 10% chance of beating it.

I was home in bed, sick, and I needed something to watch. Having cancelled my cable TV a few years ago, I decided to give Itune movies a try and I found One Week.. It appealed to me as it was the story of one week in Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) life. A Toronto man in his mid twenties engaged to be married, just starting out in his career as a teacher and writer. The film starts with him being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that is in stage 4.   With treatment  the Doctor gives him a 10% chance of beating it.

I know that there are people across the world who are evil (but I can say that in my life I have not met many)

There are also ill people who do evil things. But does that make them evil? ( If so, I have met many in my life).

So when does ill become evil?

Just pondering after the shooting at Fort Bragg.

My mother's health is rapidly deteriorating again.  On Dec 29/07 she had emergency brain surgery for an agressive kind of brain cancer.  She recovered fantastically but was given 7-17 months to live.  It was 17 months in May.  I am grateful for the time that we were given with her but now her mental state is about what it was when she had her surgery.  I really don't think that she has much time left. 

Dear Wonder Friends,

As some of you may know, I have been in hospital since April.