tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post3426334384855679533..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: Gaping....Rev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-26175568638836059102011-10-28T20:59:41.953+01:002011-10-28T20:59:41.953+01:00...living one day at a time - yes - thank you, Ico......living one day at a time - yes - thank you, Iconoclast. Crossing borders - yes you are definitely on to something there Savi. 'Greatest growth' Nancy - I am hoping, at the moment, it feels like quite the opposite - but then feelings are not everything. Thanks all.Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-79324515131630876862011-10-28T12:53:12.354+01:002011-10-28T12:53:12.354+01:00Are the times when we feel most incomplete the tim...Are the times when we feel most incomplete the times of greatest growth? At least viewed later with the gift of hindsight?Nancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-87925111954165468162011-10-28T09:46:43.084+01:002011-10-28T09:46:43.084+01:00Ooh Tillich - I will get onto reading it.
thanks...Ooh Tillich - I will get onto reading it. <br /><br />thanks (I think:-)Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-17984297357305694502011-10-28T05:04:19.477+01:002011-10-28T05:04:19.477+01:00Another called it the Shaking of the Foundations, ...Another called it the Shaking of the Foundations, but I wouldn't want to say if it is foundations or just something swaying in the wind.Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-75404962465557252942011-10-26T23:13:04.133+01:002011-10-26T23:13:04.133+01:00It sounds like a difficult place to be. Perhaps, s...It sounds like a difficult place to be. Perhaps, slowly or suddenly, things will get clearer.<br /><br />I wonder whether your experience might be linked to being part of a church in which people sometimes, too easily, fit into tribes which do not mix much - the more reformed and more catholic, modern and traditional, orthodox and emergent... Not slotting neatly into a particular category which separates itself from others can be uncomfortable, but those who can cross borders perhaps have an important contribution to make.Savi Hensmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-70424733761635842422011-10-26T19:07:35.787+01:002011-10-26T19:07:35.787+01:00Rachel,
This is quite an interesting comment. I r...Rachel,<br /><br />This is quite an interesting comment. I recently attended a series of lectures on mid-life spirituality. This is where you get the sense that life is passing you by and time is beginning to run out and you may miss what you aspire to. <br /><br />Certainly when I first became a christian in my teens, I aspired to change the world, then my town, then my friends and now I am in my fifties; I think I can just about change a tyre on my car. <br /><br />It is an illusion to think that with just a little bit more effort you will 'arrive'. Now I am older I think about my mortality more often. You will arrive when you are ushered into the presence of God and the 'sehnsucht' as C.S Lewis called it, is finally realised and you are complete. <br /><br />The important thing is to live one day at a time, loving God, knowing that God loves you and being loved by others. Love is what counts which is what the relational basis of the Trinity is all about. <br /><br />IconoclastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-19791726272885792582011-10-26T17:34:05.132+01:002011-10-26T17:34:05.132+01:00Thank you so much - a comfort to know we are not a...Thank you so much - a comfort to know we are not alone. xRev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-31995065734264758922011-10-25T23:47:54.711+01:002011-10-25T23:47:54.711+01:00wow, Rachel - you're not alone.
In the word...wow, Rachel - you're not alone. <br /><br />In the words of a song:<br /><br />until I die I'll sing these songs<br />on the shores of Babylon<br />still looking for a home<br />in a world where I belong<br /><br />where the weak are finally strong<br />where the righteous right the wrongs<br />still looking for a home<br />in a world where I belong<br /><br />feels like we're just waiting, waiting<br />while our hearts are just breaking, breaking<br />feels like we're just fighting against the tide<br /><br />I wanna see the earth start shaking<br />I wanna see a generation<br />finally waking up inside<br /><br />and when I reach the other side<br />I want to look you in the eye<br />and know that I've arrived <br />in a world where I belong<br /><br />I still believe we can live forever<br />you and I we begin forever now<br />forever now<br /><br />I still believe in us together<br />you and I we're here together now<br />together now<br />forever now<br /><br />(Switchfoot, Where I Belong)Karenhttp://curacycafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com