{"id":14392,"date":"2012-06-16T08:07:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=14392"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:06:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:06:44","slug":"wallenda-credits-his-faith-for-his-historic-walk-above-niagara-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/06\/wallenda-credits-his-faith-for-his-historic-walk-above-niagara-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallenda credits his faith for his historic walk above Niagara Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Those who saw this last night couldn\u2019t help but be awed \u2014 and slightly terrified \u2014 at what was unfolding. \u00a0But in interviews after, a cheerful Nik Wallenda gave full credit to God and prayer for this astounding feat. \u00a0It\u2019s something he\u2019s spoken about candidly in the past: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wallenda\u00a0told reporters<\/a> it took \u201ca lot of praying, that\u2019s for sure. But, you know, it\u2019s all about the concentration, the focus, and the training.\u201d<\/p>\n

QMI Agency\u00a0reported<\/a> earlier on the details of Wallenda\u2019s faith.<\/p>\n

The King of the Wire puts his faith in the King of Kings.<\/p>\n

Just before Nik Wallenda steps onto the wire tonight in an attempt to become the first person to walk a tightrope across the mouth of the Horseshoe Falls, he\u2019ll form a circle with a dozen close friends and members of his close-knit Christian family and they\u2019ll say a prayer to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

The cross Wallenda wears around his neck every time he walks on a wire isn\u2019t just a fashion statement, it\u2019s a message about the religious beliefs the American performer holds close to his heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in a born-again Christian family. A Bible-believing, God-fearing family. That\u2019s the way I was raised and I find comfort and peace in that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Star <\/em>has these details<\/a> from tonight\u2019s walk.<\/p>\n

His wife and three children held hands and prayed with him minutes before he began. They were there when he reached the end. His engineer uncle perched close at hand; he was a key player in making the stunt happen.<\/p>\n

\u2026Moments before strapping on the harness, the daredevil joined hands in riverside prayer with wife Erindera \u2014 an eighth-generation wire walker herself; Nik proposed on a wire \u2014 and their three children Yanni, 14, Amadeus, 11 and Evita, 9. Prayer comes easily to Nik, a born-again Christian, who thanked God and Jesus out loud \u2014 and through his microphone to the world \u2014 for much of his 25-minute feat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think there\u2019s a homily in there somewhere.<\/p>\n

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