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P.S. God, Can You Fly?: Heartfelt and Hope-Filled Prayers of Children
PS God Can You Fly Heartfelt and HopeFilled Prayers of Children Author:R. Wayne Willis Beautifully written, poignant meditations on spiritual struggle, as seen through the eyes of children. Willis, a longtime hospital chaplain, has collected prayers left in the chapel of the childrens hospital where he works. He lists 30 of these prayers, then offers some words of insight into their meaning, both for the child and for us. What ... more »makes the prayers of children unique? "The prayers are remarkably uninhibited," Willis writes. "Unbound by conventional notions of how prayers should be structured and worded, these children freely pray what they mean and what they pray. The result: prayer unflowery, unedited, unrefined, unvarnished--the kind of prayer not to be heard in a formal Sunday morning church service! Most of the prayers are starkly urgent. Children composed them, not in a classroom, not to satisfy a Sunday school teacher, but in the fiery furnace of a tertiary care hospital, where stakes--the life and health of a love one--couldn't be higher." Some of the prayers include: "Thank you Lord for not letting it be any worst. I love you"; "Please be with grandma even though she's a Jova's Witness (cause we still love her) She is still one of your children."; "My mom is die. Why. Do God love me. I call lord for help but she die"; "Dear God. Thank You for letting me live and keeping me alive. PS Can You Fly?" Willis brings in quotations from the likes of Ghandi, Dickinson, Mother Theresa, Rilke, and the Scriptures to complement his writing.« less