AGDee -- I have Crohn's too.
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This reminds me of a new group on campus -- "Wash U Prayer." They are modeled after "Wash U Party" (an AIM screen name by that name that advertises parties that people submit).
Anyway, you IM "Wash U Prayer" with your problem and a group of students will pray for you so that it will get better. They advertised like crazy all over campus at the beginning of the year as a way to deal with depression, roommate problems, homesickness, suicidal thoughts, rape, etc.
I admit that as a member of Wash U's student run peer counseling group (with walk in hours and 24 hour beeper service) I am biased, but I'm afraid that some people might decide to only use this group as an alternative to getting help for real issues.
Prayer might help, but I think that in most cases prayer should be an addition to counseling, medication, etc -- not a substitution.
ETA: In the April Fool's Day issue of my school's paper one year they did a spoof article in which EST (the student run emergency service team) was replaced by a group that would just pray for you instead of giving any medical treatment.. story didn't go over too well though.
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