Faith At The Gulf: Finding God's Presence In The Gulf (VIDEO)

For the moment, oil has stopped spilling from the remains of the Deepwater Horizon rig, which suffered a blowout, burned and collapsed between April 20 and 22.

However, 11 human lives have been lost and more than 92 million gallons of oil have poured into the Gulf of Mexico, affecting the lives of all its residents, as well as the environment, for years to come.

Odyssey Networks took a film crew to Biloxi, Mississippi to document what is happening to people trying to adjust to yet another catastrophe to hit the Gulf coast.

In the second part of this five-part series of video reports, Rev. James L. Sturm of Leggett Memorial United Methodist Church talks about recovery, endurance and the presence of God even in the midst of the Gulf oil spill.

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Comments

[STUPIDgit]

10:30 AM on 08/02/2010

Here's a better article on God and the Gulf.

http://stuffgodhates.com/2010/05/86-new-orleans/

[A-Superstitionist]

08:26 PM on 08/01/2010

Change the title of this article from "Faith At The Gulf: Finding God's Presence In The Gulf" to "Faith At The Gulf: Finding the Presence of Pink Unicorns In The Gulf" or "Faith At The Gulf: Finding the Presence of Tooth Fairies In The Gulf" and you will instantly recognize that none of this makes sense.

This is the 21st century, 343 years after Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravitation. Why does mankind keep writing and posting these articles of superstition?

[Jeremyewilliams]

07:08 PM on 07/31/2010

God only decides to show his face after the fact. This seems to be a recurring phenomenon throughout history. Expectedly late again, and to take all credit for anything good that comes out of a bad situation... why do these people force themselves to believe in this fantasy nonsense?

[ManiDeli]

06:09 PM on 07/28/2010

It is rumoured that, God's good gift to humanity Pat Robertson, who figured out what caused the Haiti earthquake also found out that Satan was gay. Unfortunately Satan was furious and in an act of revenge created the huge gas bubble that started the oil spill. Satan works in mysterious ways and so does god.

[ThinkCreeps]

03:42 AM on 07/28/2010

I blame the low levels of educational attainment found in them thar parts.

[SolarArray]

12:55 PM on 07/27/2010

The presence of god? If one says that god is only in the minds of the believers and not a real being, well, that's ok. If someone wants to believe in an imaginary being to get through this tragedy, go for it.

[SangZe]

10:16 AM on 07/27/2010

Thank you god, for the oil spill, for the defiling of our homes and the ruin of our economy. Thank you for making the poor poorer and the rich even richer. You have truly blest us. Amen.

[Mia Morocco]

11:17 AM on 08/04/2010

The Faith Outreach program of the Humane Society of the United States has a really great article about faith leaders and organizations who have responded to the oil spill by helping individuals and wildlife in need: http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/faith/religious_response_gulf_062410.html