“Your prayers should complement, not compete with, proper medical care.”
Jeffrey S. Jones
The Clackamas County (Ore.) circuit judge was addressing two members of an Oregon City faith-healing church as he sentenced them to 90 days in jail for failing to get medical care for their infant daughter. (RNS)
“I’m a ‘why-guy’ and I want God to explain why this happened. Did God send the tornado? I don’t believe God sent it to punish us. Jesus took our punishment for us. Did God allow it? I’m at place right now where I realize that God will not be confined by my desire for an explanation. God rarely offers explanations; instead, he offers a relationship. God is with us through the storms, in life and in death, through good times and bad. His promise is simply to be with us, not stop storms, or prevent car crashes, or cancer.”
Aaron Brown
The pastor of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Joplin, Mo., was speaking during a nationally-televised memorial service in Joplin attended by President Obama.