Write About Now

I won’t say the name of the church or the word, but this morning an older gentleman named Luther offered the opening prayer in the service I attended, and in his plea that God help us stop “whining, and complaining, and griping” he also included one other word that means much the same thing but usually isn’t said in church.

My head snapped up as I looked around to see if anyone else noticed, but the moment passed and eventually I returned to the accepted posture of corporate prayer, even if my mind was no longer following along.

Actually, it was a good prayer, one that we could all pray occasionally. Philippians reminds us to do everything without complaining, so the spirit of Luther’s prayer was certainly in line with God’s will.

And it definitely puts a new spin on being “seeker sensitive.”