Pastor’s Corner

Faith produces many things.

One of those things is prayer.

Not so much the “God help me” prayers, which can be reactionary, but the “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret” prayers.

That was the title of one of my favorite books when I was about 12 years old.

Judy Blume wrote a book about a girl whose mother was raised Christian, whose father was raised Jewish, and who herself was raised nothing.

Even so, she talked to God.

Not just requests or thanks but actually talked to God about what was going on in her life.

Blume doesn’t have God talking back to her; this is the story of a young girl on t...