RITE OF PASSAGE: WHERE DO PRAYERS GO?

By Walker Moore, Baptist Messenger

When I was a child, my family attended a small country church. You’ve seen dozens like it. This whiteframed wooden building was surrounded by a cemetery. I guess the congregation wanted to be as close as possible to the resurrection of the dead.

The thing I remember most about the church, though, was not its cemetery but its prayer life. These people prayed all the…