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]]> Comment on Sabbatical – Rest, Renewal, Revival by Al http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/blog/sabbatical-rest-renewal-revival/comment-page-1#comment-592 Al Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:35:11 +0000 http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/?p=983#comment-592 Welcome back! Sorry to be tardy in a comment on your 8/20 blog. I blew out the monitor on my old ’07 computer. Getting a new one shipped from Ireland and then yesterday getting it to play nice with its low def playmates proved tricky. Ultra-sharp HD may be nice, but it sure is dicey. I’m fascinated by your juxtaposition of Rest, Renewal Revival with the lectionary comments. Joy in suffering and pain is indeed a dicey concept in any age. In a time when the zeitgeist is take two tablets and move on with your life in the morning, it can be unintelligible. Many years ago I read a book by a Church of the Brethren theologian. Not exactly a flaming liberal member of the Christian Tribe, he pitched the idea of banning the Bible in the USA for at least twenty-five years. His argument was rooted in the observation that in a mobile society fewer and fewer Christians in the pew had grown up in a context infused with everyday values of a Biblically literate culture. He made sense. Although I lived with the lectionary snippets for fifty years, I often thought preaching from them a waste of energy. My Brethren friend’s idea that the Bible had become Yellow Pages to find entertainment and products to satisfy immediate desires resonated. How can you find joy in suffering or pain? I found your focus on a ‘fallow’ Sabbath as God’s gift of love and mercy a wonderfully adequate, if difficult, answer. It takes time to heal a physical wound. It takes a season of grieving to accept a loss. Of whatever nature – death, disability, dear friend, even a dependable daily routine, be it large or little suffering loss needs time to assimilate before joy appears. Thought provoking blog! Glad to have you back. Love, Al Welcome back!
Sorry to be tardy in a comment on your 8/20 blog. I blew out the monitor on my old ’07 computer. Getting a new one shipped from Ireland and then yesterday getting it to play nice with its low def playmates proved tricky. Ultra-sharp HD may be nice, but it sure is dicey.
I’m fascinated by your juxtaposition of Rest, Renewal Revival with the lectionary comments.
Joy in suffering and pain is indeed a dicey concept in any age. In a time when the zeitgeist is take two tablets and move on with your life in the morning, it can be unintelligible.
Many years ago I read a book by a Church of the Brethren theologian. Not exactly a flaming liberal member of the Christian Tribe, he pitched the idea of banning the Bible in the USA for at least twenty-five years.
His argument was rooted in the observation that in a mobile society fewer and fewer Christians in the pew had grown up in a context infused with everyday values of a Biblically literate culture.
He made sense. Although I lived with the lectionary snippets for fifty years, I often thought preaching from them a waste of energy. My Brethren friend’s idea that the Bible had become Yellow Pages to find entertainment and products to satisfy immediate desires resonated.
How can you find joy in suffering or pain? I found your focus on a ‘fallow’ Sabbath as God’s gift of love and mercy a wonderfully adequate, if difficult, answer. It takes time to heal a physical wound. It takes a season of grieving to accept a loss. Of whatever nature – death, disability, dear friend, even a dependable daily routine, be it large or little suffering loss needs time to assimilate before joy appears.
Thought provoking blog! Glad to have you back. Love, Al

]]> Comment on Rule of St. Benedict by Lance Jennings http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/blog/rule-of-st-benedict/comment-page-1#comment-24 Lance Jennings Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:31:06 +0000 http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/?p=666#comment-24 In my worship with FLC members, other guests and visitors I have realized and experienced the Rule of St. Benedict in action. Very nice web page. Clean, sharp, inviting. Solo Deo Gloria! In my worship with FLC members, other guests and visitors I have realized and experienced the Rule of St. Benedict in action. Very nice web page. Clean, sharp, inviting.

Solo Deo Gloria!

]]> Comment on Rule of St. Benedict by Vera Hummel http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/blog/rule-of-st-benedict/comment-page-1#comment-23 Vera Hummel Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:35:57 +0000 http://www.firstlutheranomaha.org/?p=666#comment-23 Thanks for telling me about your website and its new look. Blessings on your Lenten journey through the practices of prayer. Vera Thanks for telling me about your website and its new look.

Blessings on your Lenten journey through the practices of prayer.
Vera

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