Prayer After Loss

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When Jake was in a coma, in the hospital, so many people prayed for him to get better. Some people got their entire churches to pray. It gave me comfort: If that many people prayed for Jake to survive, surely it would happen… And yet, he got steadily worse, and eventually died. After that, I didn’t think there was any point in praying. Nor did I even want a relationship with God for a long time. It wasn’t until five years after Jake’s death that I even felt motivated to look for answers. By that time, I had tried many strategies to connect with Jake again, and realized that a lot of these same techniques could be used to connect with God (or whatever you want to call the “something greater” out there). As with my quest to find out why bad things happen in this world, when I finally came to a conclusion, I felt the best way to share it was through a sermon. Luckily, my church is pretty open minded and I can basically say whatever I believe, with no filter. In this sermon, I look at prayer from a number of perspectives, including Christian, atheist, neurological, spiritual, and psychological. I believe this sermon can be enjoyed on many levels, no matter what your belief system.

Just the Sermon

The Whole Service

I also like to deal with the big questions in my prayers, so feel free to check out the whole service.