tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post115799437409124362..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Thoughts on an AnniversaryStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158686474132156442006-09-19T10:21:00.000-07:002006-09-19T10:21:00.000-07:00what the world needs now is love sweet love....Act...what the world needs now is love sweet love....<BR/><BR/>Actually what the world needs now is gifted liberal minded communicators, motivators, and leaders. It sounds to me like you are on your way. Please keep focused and keep growing because the world needs you.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15978997781556741350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158529065202768042006-09-17T14:37:00.000-07:002006-09-17T14:37:00.000-07:00Thank you for speaking a larger truth than we usua...Thank you for speaking a larger truth than we usually hear on the airwaves. On both 9-11 and 9-13 (after the shootings at the Dawson campus in Montreal), I asked my college students to reflect on how they have changed since 9-11-01, and then how they connect God, faith and the outbreak of evil. What emerged was their desire to get beyond fear, to find a wider, stronger and more compassionate basis for dealing with danger and fear. There is once again a ripeness, a whiteness of the fields, for a harvest of good will. It is a gospel moment. "We will still love you" is the perfect refrain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158071462438581402006-09-12T07:31:00.000-07:002006-09-12T07:31:00.000-07:00Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for writi...Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for writing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158066283690628632006-09-12T06:04:00.000-07:002006-09-12T06:04:00.000-07:00It is now the 9/12. The pundits have spoken. Your ...It is now the 9/12. The pundits have spoken. Your humble post will not be picked up and reprinted for the masses........But it ought. Thank you, and thanks to your God for Her inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158039408310514392006-09-11T22:36:00.000-07:002006-09-11T22:36:00.000-07:00Thank you for reminding us of Gandhi and then tyin...Thank you for reminding us of Gandhi and then tying so much together.<BR/><BR/>Peace and love.<BR/>- - Jerryjwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511229347375791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1158034629350472962006-09-11T21:17:00.000-07:002006-09-11T21:17:00.000-07:00Good post on the 100th anniversary and so fitting ...Good post on the 100th anniversary and so fitting for this day of memory for 5yrs ago. I posted about Gandhi too, I just thought we could learn something from him as opposed to the way we are responding to the situation now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1157995756520052402006-09-11T10:29:00.000-07:002006-09-11T10:29:00.000-07:00Sorry, I meant "taken into oneself" (I hate sloppy...Sorry, I meant "taken into oneself" (I hate sloppy writing).Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1157995699351019922006-09-11T10:28:00.000-07:002006-09-11T10:28:00.000-07:00Love doesn't have to be noble or conscious, it's s...Love doesn't have to be noble or conscious, it's simply the opposite of fear. So if a person acts not from fear then they are acting from love. That's all I was saying. When suffering is taking into oneself (eg in a hunger strike or by refusing to be violent) then the most basic root of that action is love. If it were fear, self-preservation (which often leads to violence or at least violent thoughts) would win out.<BR/><BR/>Please pray for my friend Nate, a fellow Fuller student. His mom just died.Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-1157995461100510672006-09-11T10:24:00.000-07:002006-09-11T10:24:00.000-07:00I've spent the past 3 years studying the strategie...I've spent the past 3 years studying the strategies and effectiveness of Gandhi, King and many other nonviolent activists. While not all were motivated by what you deem as love they all were far more successful than the current fear based appraoch. But more than mere practicality, there is a moral obligation to look for strategies that reduce suffering. Approaches that teach a form of respect to the other have the possibility of undoing years of racial, cultural and ethic harms that are often considered intractable. <BR/>Also, Gordon Adams writes about what a hope based foreign policy would look like, you should look him up. <BR/><BR/>- a 4 east friend from wheaton -AKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435951965176162188noreply@blogger.com