tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.comments2019-02-25T06:33:33.782-08:00Les is More? Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-76616705510534065982019-02-20T13:51:09.821-08:002019-02-20T13:51:09.821-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-39451316504610424012017-10-18T09:18:52.723-07:002017-10-18T09:18:52.723-07:00I had a simliar experience. I believe Jesus loves ...I had a simliar experience. I believe Jesus loves everyone no matter how terrible they are & I consider myself a pacifist but as best as I can figure, there's a difference between offering the other cheek when I'm the victim & standing idle while others get hurt. A Nazis only purpose is to hurt/kill others. Random Thoughts.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09485603947974719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-56406972890695167542017-08-15T21:43:52.239-07:002017-08-15T21:43:52.239-07:00Thanks. Strange to say I actually caught hell for...Thanks. Strange to say I actually caught hell for it from Episcopalians. I'm not normally an advocate of violence but these people (as a group) are immune to reason and common decency so it's pretty much opposition at every turn as the only option. (I hope I don't have to actually hit anybody, but I will damn sure get in their way if they're harming someone) Less Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-59326500487055254982017-08-15T18:18:55.277-07:002017-08-15T18:18:55.277-07:00This. Is. F**king. Beautiful. Well said, girl! N...This. Is. F**king. Beautiful. Well said, girl! Nazis need to get punched. Truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896350724302300204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-55061285466256076072017-07-16T16:16:26.962-07:002017-07-16T16:16:26.962-07:00 Peter and the gang would have learned to apprecia... Peter and the gang would have learned to appreciate scotch from Jesus. Jesus would have to learned to appreciate it from the time he visited England as a boy with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea. Jesus was allowed to have a wee dram so that he would know what the nectar tasted like. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-17925347706199318132016-11-29T10:48:54.133-08:002016-11-29T10:48:54.133-08:00Thank you, Father, I've spent the last two wee...Thank you, Father, I've spent the last two weeks throwing a hissy fit and not doing anything resembling work outside of my office job. (I need to finish this thing soon. It's been brewing in my brain for a long time.) Less Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-35734401686801728622016-11-29T10:38:55.525-08:002016-11-29T10:38:55.525-08:00Thank you again, great descriptive of that fateful...Thank you again, great descriptive of that fateful night, this time I took it personal...Pastor Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505804244065715530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-43726839177563493852016-10-18T20:34:54.261-07:002016-10-18T20:34:54.261-07:00That is spot-on.That is spot-on.Random Thoughts.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09485603947974719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-72569473933330489852016-10-13T14:13:25.287-07:002016-10-13T14:13:25.287-07:00It's also the only book in the Bible that ends...It's also the only book in the Bible that ends with a question. The NIV translates it thus: "Should I not be concerned about that great city?" (Meaning Nineveh, of course)<br />Btw: My personal suspicion is that the 'fish' was probably a divinely built and piloted submarine.Brian Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593191999540584113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-12499736495015816892016-10-13T12:23:30.999-07:002016-10-13T12:23:30.999-07:00Jonah is unique among the books of prophecy, in th...Jonah is unique among the books of prophecy, in that the focus is not on the prophecy itself but on the prophet. Isaiah, Jeremiah, et al are full of lengthy sermons & sometimes difficult metaphors. We have no record of what Jonah preached (for 3 days) other than "repent" & it worked. No, the focus of the book is entirely on Jonah's personal experience. For me it also hits way to close to home how this man of faith continues to be so bitter & stubborn. After surviving being thrown overboard which for a Hebrew was a special kind of hell & surviving the fish, you'd think he'd get it. But even when he obeyed the Lord he still wanted God to destroy Ninevah & the story ends kind of unresolved, on a bitter sweet note, with Jonah still angry at God. That's a lot for such a short story! Good to see you back Leslie! Random Thoughts.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09485603947974719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-79590986943605583762016-04-14T07:44:26.667-07:002016-04-14T07:44:26.667-07:00I needed this today. Thank youI needed this today. Thank youRachel Fauchierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347900022841425264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-20023671146000532852015-12-07T04:37:06.847-08:002015-12-07T04:37:06.847-08:00Great work !!Great work !!Pastor Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505804244065715530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-6126181665060155322015-12-03T10:46:29.281-08:002015-12-03T10:46:29.281-08:00So very true. It isn't just terrorist groups e...So very true. It isn't just terrorist groups either. We have to be careful how we talk about people or groups of people because the words and phrases we use reflect our conscious and subconscious thinking and can cause us to dehumanize them and once we are capable of dehumanizing any person or people it is very easy for us to deny them their human rights, dignity, equality, real justice, etc. And it isn't like we don't know this. We've known this long before science came along and confirmed it. That's why the "bad" guy's underlings often are nameless and wear masks and uniforms that distort their humanness. A paper written as a college thesis about why stormtroopers in the Star Wars franchise miss shots while rebels hit them uses this point: the stormtroopers see a human being and so subconsciously miss while the rebels do not see a human and so subconsciously do not miss. The US military and other militaries have done significant research on this and that's why they use specific words and phrases to add to the dehumanization of the enemy. The terrorists know this and that's why they employ psychological tricks of their own to dehumanize their targets. Only when we wake up and truly see every person as a human being and work towards reconciliation and healing with each other will the madness stop. In the meantime, the rhetoric about refugees, gays, blacks, poor, rich, cops, etc, etc, etc that continues to dehumanize these groups of people and causing further hurt does not bring us to a place of reconciliation and healing, but just keeps and feeds the cycles of violence to continue. Jesus didn't say it was easy to pray for our enemies, bless those who curse you, etc. He just said it's what we should do. Coincidentally, Jesus wasn't alone in saying this as every religious tradition has this teaching. It's kind of sad that people often know the "gays are bad" parts of their religion more than they do this part (or any of the other parts that speak about honoring the dignity of other people. For me the true reflection of a person's faith is in how they speak to and about people as well as their actions upon them. I'd say that we should expect Church leaders to speak up, but the reality is that Church leaders are often the last to speak up. Thankfully, the Church is more than just its leaders and there are everyday people within, though titleless, who work to remind the Church of its Christ's teachings. And that gives me hope, not just for Christianity, but for all of the world's religions. Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173366011551020048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-59689479508108989652015-07-15T10:30:47.309-07:002015-07-15T10:30:47.309-07:00Absolutely!!!!Absolutely!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637368917150059491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-39715046443542746212015-07-14T07:57:05.728-07:002015-07-14T07:57:05.728-07:00For a point of reference, I am 34 now. :) For a point of reference, I am 34 now. :) Less Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-34030270904474818432015-07-14T07:56:36.222-07:002015-07-14T07:56:36.222-07:00I was all of 20 years old when Will died. I am not...I was all of 20 years old when Will died. I am not trying to discredit his experience, I don't know what it was. (I was also trying to not go into all of the specifics and respect the privacy of the dead) I do know I am not the mean narrow minded child I was back then, but I do know he definitely lost something. He lost a lot, actually. (I can tell you more privately, but this isn't the place) Less Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-61989060191559654852015-07-14T07:11:43.459-07:002015-07-14T07:11:43.459-07:00"... lost his faith..." A person who lo..."... lost his faith..." A person who loses their faith may just be someone who has set aside their preconceived / societal normative (read: extremely limited and confined) opinions of God and in the process, actually encounter Him. We cannot and do not know another's heart. Fr. J+JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611637385732095545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-51108337362022308362015-07-13T05:43:17.871-07:002015-07-13T05:43:17.871-07:00Thank youThank youLess Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-12458723711265446062015-07-13T05:06:51.726-07:002015-07-13T05:06:51.726-07:00That was beautiful. Those moments are indeed gift...That was beautiful. Those moments are indeed gifts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-71905305799125618322015-07-12T20:18:27.354-07:002015-07-12T20:18:27.354-07:00Thank youThank youLess Extreme Couponinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792386829891542059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-83999618518532172272015-07-12T20:13:05.520-07:002015-07-12T20:13:05.520-07:00And all God's children sais, "Wow... and ...And all God's children sais, "Wow... and amen." In one of my darkest times in the 1980s, Grandad Earnheart came in a dream and told me everything would be okay, and I felt a hand touch my back. Since then I have never doubted that their is life after our time is done on Earth, and that we can still communicate with our loved ones from "the great beyond,"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637368917150059491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-30070486640617609162015-07-08T06:21:37.932-07:002015-07-08T06:21:37.932-07:00Agreed! Agreed! Shriekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588081121051473458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-16088541086641695022015-07-08T05:54:34.866-07:002015-07-08T05:54:34.866-07:00Rock on!Rock on!Stephanie Ezzellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904201415093870411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-5461069198742466272015-07-08T04:26:00.075-07:002015-07-08T04:26:00.075-07:00Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185359589996642805.post-64005292670204813302015-06-05T19:52:19.924-07:002015-06-05T19:52:19.924-07:00I just discovered you by accident. I have two blo...I just discovered you by accident. I have two blogs, Woodstock Churchlady (religion, humor) and Meet the McDonalds (a fiction family sitcom with an Episcopalian twist). I have a post about the Pharisee and the tax collector also, which basically says yes, I am as big a sinner as everyone else, but I am thankful that my sin is not being a drug dealer, where I'd have to stand on the corner making deals in all kinds of weather, worry about getting killed, and sometimes feeling guilty about destroying lives.Martie Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194934692620240551noreply@blogger.com