“But I don’t see Jesus!” That is what little Ari, our granddaughter, said at bed time when we asked her whether she wanted to pray. She hesitated or declined to say the prayers because she couldn’t “see” Jesus. She had spent Christmas Day with us, along with siblings and parents, and then had stayed over …
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The Touch of God
“Keep in touch,” we say when friends part ways. “Touch” via phone, mail, and literal, physical touch assures continuing relationship. No longer to touch or somehow to become “untouchable” signals the death of relationship, and perhaps death period. Ask an infant who starves or fails to thrive in the absence of touch. Ask young lovers, …