An online journal of religion and politics. What Does Prayer Accomplish? Every time there is a mass shooting, and apparently this is the new normal, the question of prayer is raised.

By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog. The greatest Mormon blog in the universe. Prayer for the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Our God, whose heart has become a wilderness. Wide enough to receive our cries. Grant that our own wilderness journey. Might teach our hearts to be more like yours,. We might open our hearts to the truth of his life. And the agonizing sorrow of his death,.

Things that are so DUMB. Whatever the outside world is, I have to live with myself, after all. I am a big fan of subjectivity, as a lot of posts of this blog doubtlessly reveal. But what happens if we are not? I was intri.

From the Life of Japheth Darren Grimm. Not Far From the Tree. If I were only strong enough, good enough, brave enough. If I were only as clever as you, as personable as you, as smart as you. Maybe others would notice me, love me, and accept me if I were more attractive, less shy, and not as whatever it is that makes me feel so lacking, so out of place. Really that much of a difference between us? Posted by Japheth Grimm.

What Precisely Is Blarp? January 5, 2012. This is the dust jacket flap from. Is Any Sick Among You? By LaDean Griffin. It came through quickly and all I had time to read was the author bio.