re: Does having a 'religious' coach help a program?

I completely agree. Whenever problems arise, everyone seems to think they have identified the problem and the solution, and that the world would be a better place if everyone was more like them. Some beleive that our problems in our society are the result of an unfair economic system; therfore, the problem is with greedy capitalists. Their solution is to make laws that take from those and give to others. Others beleive the problem is with people that just won't stand on moral virtues anymore. Their solution would be to pass laws to force a revival of traditional morals. Neither of these are the real problems or solutions. We are all made in the image of God and are fundamentally relational. We are made to have a relationship with God and to serve the good of our neighbor through relationships with each other. The problem is not with any particular group but with SIN itself. Sin causes us to break our relationship with God. We then look out for ourselves instead of others. Sin leads to constant strains in our lives, such as our familiy, government, socieity and everything else. Even earth itself is now corrupted by SIN. That is why we have tornados and earthquakes. The solution is a restoration of the relationship with God that was broken. That comes only by God's grace. Only by accepting the sacrifice of His Son Jesus can we be forgiven of our SINS. If you are my best friend for 20 years and then do something bad to me to break our relationship, then I am the only one that can choose to restore that relationship. You could try your hardest, but I am the one that says if everything is okay or not. You would depend on my forgiveness if you wanted the relationship to be restored. Okay, I know I am about to be persecuted, but like FreeWillie, I don't care.

I was trying to reply to FreeWillie's post about God needing to be more in our society. Obviously, I didn't get it right.