Healing Hands

Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples

and gave them authority over unclean spirits,

to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness...

[He said,] "Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. 

You received without payment; give without payment".

-Matthew 10:1, 8

This afternoon about 15 people participated in a "laying on of hands" for a member of our church who has lung cancer. While some Christians may find this no big deal, our congregation tends to be on the "heady" side... and therefore not prone to the more mystical possibilities of prayer. Yet each person was 100% present to this ministry. We all came at it from a different understanding, but all believed that something - some form of healing for mind-body-emotion-spirit - can occur through prayer. 

The actual process seems so natural to me in the context of faith - any faith. From the power of community to the largeness of the Divine, such an expression of love should be a part of our witness. 

But the truly phenomenal piece of today was how much each person received in the practice of sharing prayer with another. Everyone left that circle with something new and powerful. 

Amen!