Comments on: What fathers do http://online.worldmag.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pbrink1 http://online.worldmag.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-311536 pbrink1 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:21:03 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/#comment-311536 I'm sitting here choked up at my desk, and I'm not even a dad, I'm a mom. But I was up in the middle of the night with my 22-year-old daughter who professes agnosticism during her lucid moments, which is most of the time, but begs to be read the Bible (and only the Bible) when she is in severe pain, as sometimes happens to her in the middle of the night, and happened last night. Those are my darkest moments, when I long for her pain to be relieved, when I long to be able to help her, but all I can do is hold her hand, stroke her back, hold her head when she vomits, and read the Bible as she requests. When the pain is over, she barely remembers her desire for the Word, but I do, and hope I can always be there, or someone can be there, to read it to her whenever she needs it, as she slaps unknowingly at that sanctuary door. And I remind myself that it doesn't return void. I’m sitting here choked up at my desk, and I’m not even a dad, I’m a mom. But I was up in the middle of the night with my 22-year-old daughter who professes agnosticism during her lucid moments, which is most of the time, but begs to be read the Bible (and only the Bible) when she is in severe pain, as sometimes happens to her in the middle of the night, and happened last night. Those are my darkest moments, when I long for her pain to be relieved, when I long to be able to help her, but all I can do is hold her hand, stroke her back, hold her head when she vomits, and read the Bible as she requests. When the pain is over, she barely remembers her desire for the Word, but I do, and hope I can always be there, or someone can be there, to read it to her whenever she needs it, as she slaps unknowingly at that sanctuary door. And I remind myself that it doesn’t return void.

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]]> By: Genie http://online.worldmag.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-311444 Genie Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:43:04 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/#comment-311444 Thank you Tony - that was wonderful! Thank you Tony – that was wonderful!

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]]> By: Sawgunner http://online.worldmag.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-311433 Sawgunner Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:01:11 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/06/16/what-fathers-do/#comment-311433 Tony, the WSJ had a neat article about young men in juvenile detention who had unstable or nonexistent connection to their dads. A wonderful and revealing article, just like yours! Tony, the WSJ had a neat article about young men in juvenile detention who had unstable or nonexistent connection to their dads.
A wonderful and revealing article, just like yours!

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