Focus on Prayer

Heveanly Father, we want to thank You for the people who visit this web site. They are all searching to know you more, to know you better. Even if they’re not fully aware of that just yet. We’re honored and humbled to be a small part of that process. Some interact here in one or more ways; others just pass through quickly. Father, we pray that You continue to guide everyone on their path to You. Their transient time here on this web site reminds us that we’re all just visitors here on earth. One day, all that will be left of us here will be memories of our presence as we spend eternity in heaven with You. God, please keep us ever-mindful that our eternal life begins not when we die, but right now. This very moment. Help us to live with the perspective of the eternal beings that we are. Thank You, Lord, for the opportunity you have given all of us as visitors here on earth to reflect to others one small sliver of the love You have for us. We join with Jesus and all the angels when we say, Amen.

–Joe Vigliano

Heavenly Father, please be with all of us in this time of sorrow. I ask You to comfort the students, faculty, and staff of Virginia Tech and their families and friends who are in pain. Send healing to all those wounded in body and in spirit. And Lord, I ask for Your peace to be given to any of us who are troubled by this tragic event. We will never understand why things like this happen, Lord. But we do know we can count on You. Amen.

–Joe Vigliano

It’s always hard to pick the “best” when the group includes so many really, really good candidates. But if I were forced to, right now in my spiritual walk, I’d give the nod to Rob Bell and Velvet Elvis. The theology is sound. The historical background information includes things I never knew before. With references for those of us who like to go even deeper. But the main reason I like the book is its basic premise: God didn’t stop talking to us 2000 years ago. Christianity that doesn’t evolve, question, and get discussed is a dead Christianity, of little value to anyone. Test it. Probe it. Wrestle with it. Jesus deserves nothing less.

–Joe Vigliano