Do we have any prophets out there?

Today in church we heard about the prophet Elisah who took over from the prophet Elijah. It was interesting that the ability to speak on God's behalf was widely believed and accepted in Bibilical times. The story that we heard involved a great general who suffered from leprosy and sought the assistance of the king of Israel who referred him to the prophet Elisah. Here is the leader of the military being referred by the head of government and yet today we are skeptical because our President is an avowed United Methodist and takes his spirituality somewhat seriously. How things have changed.

More importantly, what about this prophecy thing? Why is the Bible literally filled with books of prophetic sayings and we read them every weekend (depending upon your particular faith) and have no trouble accepting that these were words from people of God? Why, then, do we have trouble talking about God in our daily lives? Why do we shy away from discussing our faith on a daily basis? Are there such things as prophets around today? Who are they?

Thoughts anyone?