STEVE RAKER – WORDS AND PICTURES | how to save the world

Blogless Steve Raker is a frequent contributor to Virtual Occoquan. He’s a wizard with a camera, and he’s given me permission to post a couple of his photos. The accompanying text is his.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?

We are here to help each other enjoy this journey. Can’t you just feel it when you touch another, ..this must be the main part. Life would be valueless if we didn’t have access to the lives of others. And each of us is necessary for the rest of the people of the world to enjoy their lives. We need them, they need us. Each of us is necessary. And then it ends.

When we die we go back to the same state of being as before we were born. Our eternity is our legacy. The subtle shift towards good or evil that we have made in the world is like a reverse wave, gaining size and energy as it moves from the shores of our tiny but important lives. Tiny but important lives.

TRIVIALIZING PRAYER

Last night after he and his team won the game, Andy Pettite of the Yankees said he had members of his church and people all over the country praying for him. The interviewer thought that sounded reasonable; at least he didn’t slap his forehead with astonishment. These folks apparently were able to shorten up their prayers for Sally who is dying in unspeakable pain and Billy who has never seen his father sober. They were able to squeeze one in for Andy’s curve ball. Wildly successful Andy thought that was a good use of their time and prayers. Next they’re gonna work one up so Andy gets a perfect grilled cheese sandwich. …Cupla weeks ago this is what Coach Tony Dungy had to say about beating the Tampa Bay Bucs in a football game that got the Lord’s attention: “These guys just never gave up. That’s what I like about us,” Dungy said. “We’ve got great chemistry and I just had a feeling the Lord was going to do something, and he certainly did.” I guess the Lord don’t like the Bucs any more than I do.