Monday, April 15, 2013

And He's on call 24/7 …

 When God Is Your Therapist - NYTimes.com. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

In many evangelical churches, prayer is understood as a back-and-forth conversation with God — a daydream in which you talk with a wise, good, fatherly friend. Indeed, when congregants talk about their relationship with God, they often sound as if they think of God as some benign, complacent therapist who will listen to their concerns and help them to handle them.

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