Lots of folks are fussing over causality/God’s will or not. I’m not, as the arguments on both sides have been beat to death. What I do want to address is that the tornado impacted a much wider area than just the convention center and Central Lutheran. Homes were damaged, trees destroyed, and there is a real mess to clean up.

Along that line of thought, the Grace Temple Deliverance Center appears to have been damaged. Photos and some detail are at Hot-For-Jesus Former Fundie.

In checking that out, I spent some time this evening on the Grace Temple Deliverance Center’s website. I’ve often thought that heavy lifting was pretty much the domain of large denominations, and/or mega churches where the economy of scale can come into play. The folks at Grace Temple appear to be a small congregation, but wow, talk about taking on massive projects. Its a rare congregation indeed that can take on school and hospital projects, even more so to do so offshore rather than in ones backyard. That rare congregation seems to exist at Grace Temple.

For sure, our theology is vastly different, yet we worship the same Lord Jesus Christ.  If I were at CWA09, I’d take some time and see what needed to be done over at Grace Temple. Being I’m not, physical help is off the table, but most certainly I will be praying for them. I am just amazed at all they have done.

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Interesting to note the following, the sun came out in the convention center area, and a rainbow formed near LTSG.