“Haggard’s testimony blessed me. I became convinced that more of us should pray for our favorite celebrities and ‘listen a little closer’ to their cries for help, as Haggard suggests.” –Michael Graves, Fruit of the Vine

Query: Do you remember to pray for others?

When you go, I will send

a part of me with you.

Don’t worry, it will be

the part that belongs with you,

not a part that I need

for carrying on.

When I go, I will carry

you like a magic seed

that I can sprout in the

night again and again—

each bloom will bear a

picture of you, and I will

kiss it as morning comes.

–Peg Edera, from “I Promise You” in Love Is Deeper Than Distance