The offline correspondent I referred to earlier — the Christ Church congregant whose initials are similar to curse-hurling D.A.D.’s — just telephoned me to say that he is not the guy. He asked me not to name him, and so I am unable to clear his name completely, but he says he’s not the one who cursed me and that while he himself isn’t necessarily opposed to imprecatory prayer, he thinks this was inappropriate. He knows the curse-thrower, and wonders if perhaps I’m taking this the wrong way — drawing conclusions, perhaps, that aren’t accurate.
I’m not sure what other conclusion can be draw other than that he is a hateful guy who doesn’t know Jesus. That doesn’t seem to be too far off the mark, and the curser has my prayers, love, and forgiveness nonetheless.