I like SDI's suggestion, to consider adding a blurb like this to the website:
"Some of the people participating in this prayer list have found that greater amounts of personal identification—one's real name, description, photograph, etc.—helps them direct prayers and makes them more effective. However, there are many personal issues involved with doing so, and we don't want to turn anyone in need of spiritual help away. If you are comfortable doing so, you may find that identifying yourself more specifically may cause prayers for you to be more effective."
Who knows? Perhaps this suggestion would also prompt the requester to reflect more deeply on what, exactly, they hope for.
"ES" and "Honey Badger" and other nicknames were enough for me, but I understand where it may not be enough for others. (By "enough" I mean that I was comfortable with initials or a nickname, not that I have any gift of knowing one way or the other whether my "healing hands" work was effective.
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Date: 2023-05-19 03:17 am (UTC)"Some of the people participating in this prayer list have found that greater amounts of personal identification—one's real name, description, photograph, etc.—helps them direct prayers and makes them more effective. However, there are many personal issues involved with doing so, and we don't want to turn anyone in need of spiritual help away. If you are comfortable doing so, you may find that identifying yourself more specifically may cause prayers for you to be more effective."
Who knows? Perhaps this suggestion would also prompt the requester to reflect more deeply on what, exactly, they hope for.
"ES" and "Honey Badger" and other nicknames were enough for me, but I understand where it may not be enough for others. (By "enough" I mean that I was comfortable with initials or a nickname, not that I have any gift of knowing one way or the other whether my "healing hands" work was effective.
Valerie