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   Joel Osteen shuts megachurch amid flooding crisis   
      
   By David K. Li   
   New York Post, nypost.com   
   Monday, August 28, 2017   
      
   Televangelist Joel Osteen canceled services at his   
   Houston megachurch Sunday and has yet to reopen its doors   
   -- despite the fact that thousands of flooded-out   
   residents are desperately seeking shelter.   
      
   The perpetually smiling pastor told followers on Twitter   
   on Monday to lean on their faith.   
      
        Just offer shelter and a dry place for those who   
   need you and want to know you care. .@JoelOsteen those   
   who can't get here still need you!   
   pic.twitter.com/MdHAHWGprR   
        -- Sean Salisbury (@SeanUnfiltered) August 28, 2017   
      
   "Jesus promises us peace that passes understanding," he   
   wrote. "That's peace when it doesn't make sense."   
      
   But Osteen's comforting words didn't sit well with   
   critics, who want to know why the doors to his 16,800-   
   seat arena at his Lakewood Church near downtown Houston   
   are closed.   
      
   "You have taken so much money away from your people to   
   live like a king," entertainment publicist Danny Deraney   
   blasted. "It's the least you could do."   
      
   Washington, DC-based writer Charles Clymer tweeted   
   pictures of Lakewood Church, which did not appear to be   
   damaged by floods.   
      
   "It doesn't make sense why you're not opening up your   
   mega church to house Houston citizens . . ."   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://nypost.com/2017/08/28/pastor-osteen-shuts-church-amid-flooding-crisis/   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
   Om Shanti   
      
   http://bit.do/jaimaharaj   
      
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