Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

Not long ago a couple of friends and myself met for breakfast to discuss some business at hand. We ordered our food and chatted amicably while we waited for our food to. When the food arrived, as is our custom, we bowed our heads and asked God’s blessing on the meal. As we started to eat, someone came over - a total stranger - and said he noticed we were praying and wondered if we’d pray for a friend of his. He went on to tell us his friend had just been diagnosed with cancer. One of the men in our group said, “Sit down. We’ll pray right now.” He had to tell him twice. The guy did...