In this difficult week we hear, although not as much as formerly, that our Thoughts and Prayers are with the victims and their families. What difference do Thoughts and Prayers make? Are they meaningless words of empty consolation by those who refuse to act? Probably.

Miroslav Volf, a theologian at Yale Divinity School, has said that “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.”[1]
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