I’ve tried to call Eagle on a couple of times recently, but always seemed to pick the wrong time, when he had a visitor or was busy with his medical caregivers. I did talk with Dee yesterday, who literally went the extra mile(s) by making a four-hour drive to see him and help him workContinue reading “Eagle Update: 8/4/12”
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Eagle Update: 8/2/12
9:30pm — Update from Dee… Eagle has a seriously infected leg. They are planning on multiple IV antibiotics for some time to come hence he will be having a central line placed in the next day. I am hoping the red above the knee is do to serious inflammation and not infection but new culturesContinue reading “Eagle Update: 8/2/12”
Eagle Update: 8/1/12
UPDATE: 8:30pm. Although the post below tries to inject some humor into this situation with Eagle, it is important for us all to realize that he is still very sick and in need of continuing prayers and support. Dee from Wartburg Watch lives a few hours away from the hospital where Eagle is, and sheContinue reading “Eagle Update: 8/1/12”
Eagle Updates — 7/31/12
Update 5:30pm — I spoke with Eagle by telephone earlier this afternoon. He said he feels very run down, but there are some positive signs. “Slow progress,” he called it. More than anything else, he said how much he has been impressed by the grace that has been coming his way through all of you.Continue reading “Eagle Updates — 7/31/12”
Urgent Prayer Request
UPDATE: 10:00pm, 7/30, from Dee at Wartburg Watch: I was told by the ICU nurse that Eagle has been transferred to another floor. She would not give me further information but said he would not be be able to receive phone calls for the next hour or so. I will probably not update this untilContinue reading “Urgent Prayer Request”
Daily Bread in Days of Drought
According to a new report released by the National Climatic Data Center today, the 2012 drought disaster is now the largest in over 50 years, and among the ten largest of the past century. Only the extraordinary droughts of the 1930s and 1950s have covered more land area than the current drought. 55 percent of theContinue reading “Daily Bread in Days of Drought”
Recommended: A Diary of Private Prayer
John Baillie was a leading Scottish churchman of the twentieth century. Professor of divinity at Edinburgh University from 1934 to 1956, he has been considered a “mediating” theologian, one who tried to take the best of Protestant Orthodoxy and liberal theology and combine them. He was a prolific writer, but is best known for two devotionalContinue reading “Recommended: A Diary of Private Prayer”
A Prayer of Martin Luther
Behold, Lord, an empty vessel that needs to be filled. My Lord, fill it. I am weak in the faith; strengthen me. I am cold in love; warm me and make me fervent, that my love may go out to my neighbor. I do not have a strong and firm faith; at times I doubtContinue reading “A Prayer of Martin Luther”
The Merton Prayer
One of the books I will be reading and meditating upon during my sabbatical is Thomas Merton’s Thoughts In Solitude. A well-known passage from this book has been called, “The Merton Prayer” (see below). This prayer acknowledges that, despite our human tendency to think we know what life is about and how we can manageContinue reading “The Merton Prayer”
Does Jesus Really Mean It?
Confession time: I pray a lot, but I don’t often believe that God will hear and answer my prayers. And for me, that creates quite a bit of tension. On the one hand, I believe that I should pray and pray frequently. We are told to pray unceasingly. We are to pray for those inContinue reading “Does Jesus Really Mean It?”
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