I read something recently that really nails it for me: "Among the Reasons God May Temporarily Be Unavailable to Bless America" by Rev. Peter Laarman of the Judson Memorial Church in New York City
1. because God has had it up to here with the assumption that prayers for national exemption from pain and tragedy deserve an answer. 2. because God may be too busy processing Americans' prayers for their high school football teams. 3. because God takes for granted that the bombs falling on Kabul are America's real prayers. 4. because such a tasteless and lurid efflorescence of red, white and blue (including flags wrapped around church steeples) gives God a massive headache. -Fred
