Word: angelized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gift of comfort is a powerful theme in angel stories; whether on the battlefield, in the hospital wards, or at the bedside of the dying, angels are traditionally portrayed as bearing souls away to heaven. They reassure both the patients and those they love that whatever will come next is not to be * dreaded. "When Christians die," Graham writes, "an angel will be there to comfort us, to give us peace and joy even at that most critical hour...
...angel. My guardian angel...
...searched the hospital to find the man. There was no one around, and the security guards hadn't seen anyone come or go. "After the visit, Chris told me his prayers had been answered. I worried for a while that he thought the angel had cured his cancer. I realize now it wasn't the cure, it was the blessing he brought with him. It was the peace of mind." Chris died two days later...
...years since Chris's death, Melissa says not a day has gone by when she has not thought about the angel and what he did for her husband. "Chris' life could not be saved, but the fear and pain were taken from him," she says. "I know what I saw, and I know it changes lives. Never, never, never will anyone be able to convince me that angels don't exist...
...other clerics are not so sanguine; in many ecclesiastical quarters, the angel revival is a cause for some alarm. Ministers see in the literature the makings of a New Age cult, an easy, undemanding religious faith that may also represent a rejection of mainstream church life. "When you don't believe in God, you believe in every god that comes along -- a tame, domesticated one with a small g," says Malcolm Warford, president of Bangor Theological Seminary. "When you trade mystery for security, you end up with a trivialization...