Hi Carl ! ! ! It's really good to have you back here...............we have indeed missed ya...............sad to hear what's been happening though...........I...
Hi Gary........... You said: I'm taking part in a series of lectures on pastoral care although it's 'Pastoral care in a secular Society'. It's based on a...
Hey Lorna, I have heard teachers sometimes say "School's would be a great place without students". I have been tempted to think this about humanity, but it...
Wow Lorna, prayers for you, I bet you'll end up experiancing God in new ways with other senses as you probably aready are. Bless your heart! -- Regards, Ernie ...
Thanks Ernie.....this is second shot...am having big problems with Outlook & lost my first reply to you from the web-site. I hope you are right about...
Hey all, I'm seeking to rebuild or is it renovate. I have questions. Which, given where we are, is unremarkable. I am not seeking a return or recovery of...
Carl, On my own personal journey, (which is the only true perspective I can share)... I ahve found that the harder I hold to some dogma, the harder it is to be...
... experienced directly? In all of its messy glorious ... messiness. ... David: Carl, I think that Jesus spent his entire ministry trying to get people to...
David, Stop and smell the roses, not as an aside, but as a foundation of faith? This is what I have been trying to do. The reconciliation I am struggling with...
Carl, I'd like to echo something back to you that you posted to the list a long time ago: "May God bless you with Discomfort...at Easy Answers, Half-Truths,...
Dear David, Ahhh. Tis nice to smile. I read a book called ... it isn't here it is at work. The Jesus Mantra's or some such. It outlines the adventures of some...
Hi Lorna, Thanks so much for forwarding this. We've been getting lots of great support on this, and we'd be delighted to have more! We're hoping to have...
Greetings Gary, Carl, David and all...blessings Pastoral Care... With the coming of the Reformation everything went north (most definitely in Protestant...
Greetings Carl, David, Iggy, all Blessings in the Htreefold Friendship of God Carl Asked: The questions I am currently wrestling with relate to the idea of...
Brad, I will add that some teach this weird doctrine that we stop suffering the closer to Christ we are... can you believe that? I find that the closer to...
Hi Iggy, You wrote: In some ways I am terrified at the idea of asking Jesus to teach me more of His suffering... I write: I understand where you are coming...
Hey with ya iggy... That i might know Him the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering...hey i don't go out of my way to put on thumb...
... Friends...i think it's even more elemental then that... have you ever asked Him to take your heart of stone and give you a tender heart of flesh, or teach...
Brad, In a very real way that is what I mean... we suffer in Christ: By having a heart of freshly cut flesh. When we want to hate, but must forgive. When we...
David, Came across a Poem today that captured the essence of the spiritual journey (IMHO). Friends who Guide You - Rumi The reflection cast from good friends...
Brad, I've been away from my PC for a little bit. I agree with the travel north - I think that the industrial revolution contributed significantly, as it...
Brad, HERE. HERE.. Brilliant David. bless ya. lahiyam. to life. In most evangelical circles we have reduced Christianity to being saved and going to heaven.....
Blessings Carl great response... ... Following Christ makes life incredably "practical'... as i've mention before Christ models mindfulness for us in his...
Greetings Carl Yeah i would agree pretty much everything in the shift toward moderninity pulled us toward the head and away from the heart... the industrial...
Greetings all, bless ya Iggy... Iggy wrote: In a very real way that is what I mean... Hey i don't mind, i'm sure others don't either... your an eligant ...
blessed Christmas all... have really enjoyed the diolouge... looking forward to the future... will be away a couple weeks... So may the all encompassing grace...
A very blessed and peaceful Christmas to everyone..........especially any for whom this is a difficult time or a lonely time.............. Love to all, Lorna ...