Paul, you hit another great point. I cannot recall anyone I talked to in MLC or having been through it ever making reference to God. The few where the topic in conversation came close either avoided or quickly changed the subject. I will agree that they become spiritually "disconnected", certainly my x2 did and "dropped" her life long church attendance(I would consider that an outward sign of disconnection) about three months prior to the bomb. I will admit that I've never "disconnected", nor would I say that having been around a MLCer made me feel a stronger relationship with God, been pretty much even throughout. I sometime puzzle over if "prayer" or petion if you will, on behalf of those "disconnected" does much good. If they have dropped that line to the Creator, disconnected from Him, thrown Him away, well, you know where I'm going with this. I don't need reminders of the biblical stories, I am very familiar with them. I just get an uneasy feeling that sometimes we are not doing much good asking for intervention.
Note to Everhopeful, had some King Cake yesterday even up in these parts. Imported via UPS. In highly techincal food terms - YUM! Lasted all of 12 minutes in the office.
