Diary of a Wimpy Church

 UMC clergy and church consultant Rebekah Simon-Peter
 has a interesting take on prayer in the local church:

"In the churches I attend and visit, the most commonly voiced prayer requests are for:

• People recovering from illness or surgery
• Their caregivers, or sometimes their survivors
• People traveling
• Communities hit by a natural disaster
• The US Military and their families

These kind of prayer requests make for a wimpy church; they keep us weak and ineffectual.   I know I’m going out on a limb here and some of you may be offended.  But stick with me."

To read the rest of what she has to say, please visit this link to her website.