Larry Dighera
April 19th 07, 04:56 PM
Wings And Prayers
The concept of prayer is not lost on most pilots, but it’s usually
the result of something that happens in the air and not the reason
for being up there in the first place. But 10 pilots from various
states weren’t involved in the usual type of cockpit entreaties --
instead they were aiming their message at the state of Ohio on
Good Friday with sort of a blanket blessing from on high. The
volunteers crisscrossed the state invoking their message on 11
million unsuspecting Ohioans. "A plane is a good way to cover a
lot of ground," Kenneth Wortman, 73, a pilot from Lima, Ohio, told
The Cincinnati Enquirer
(http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25370). "In the
Bible, God tells us the fields are ripe for the harvest. From the
air, a person can see a lot of fields." Wortman came up with the
idea for PrayerFlight last fall as he was trying to dream up more
efficient ways to spread the Word. He found a couple of other
pilots willing to give it a try and, after a shakedown flight, the
decision was made to try and cover the whole state. It seems
everyone had their own style of high-flying prayer; some were
silent, some expressive and others a mix. But they all had a
similar goal in mind. "You see rows and rows of houses, and you
know they are full of people you are praying for," Samantha
Ciminillo, 18, a member of Teens for Christ, told the newspaper.
With Ohio now "successfully redeemed," the group hopes to take the
effort national.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/845-full.html#194931
Not to be outdone, rabbis and mullahs are organizing similar religious
flights of fancy. :-(
Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,
The concept of prayer is not lost on most pilots, but it’s usually
the result of something that happens in the air and not the reason
for being up there in the first place. But 10 pilots from various
states weren’t involved in the usual type of cockpit entreaties --
instead they were aiming their message at the state of Ohio on
Good Friday with sort of a blanket blessing from on high. The
volunteers crisscrossed the state invoking their message on 11
million unsuspecting Ohioans. "A plane is a good way to cover a
lot of ground," Kenneth Wortman, 73, a pilot from Lima, Ohio, told
The Cincinnati Enquirer
(http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25370). "In the
Bible, God tells us the fields are ripe for the harvest. From the
air, a person can see a lot of fields." Wortman came up with the
idea for PrayerFlight last fall as he was trying to dream up more
efficient ways to spread the Word. He found a couple of other
pilots willing to give it a try and, after a shakedown flight, the
decision was made to try and cover the whole state. It seems
everyone had their own style of high-flying prayer; some were
silent, some expressive and others a mix. But they all had a
similar goal in mind. "You see rows and rows of houses, and you
know they are full of people you are praying for," Samantha
Ciminillo, 18, a member of Teens for Christ, told the newspaper.
With Ohio now "successfully redeemed," the group hopes to take the
effort national.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/845-full.html#194931
Not to be outdone, rabbis and mullahs are organizing similar religious
flights of fancy. :-(
Irrational beliefs ultimately lead to irrational acts.
-- Larry Dighera,