tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post1270861743746220798..comments2023-09-19T07:50:13.308-07:00Comments on Feminary: Two StoriesStasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-19774388641926143712007-04-17T10:52:00.000-07:002007-04-17T10:52:00.000-07:00Powerful story of your interaction with the pastor...Powerful story of your interaction with the pastor. Thank you for sharing that.<BR/><BR/>Also for the call to respond to the devastation there, though I don't know how I will do that except for prayer, for starters.Dr. Laura Marie Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372741914558791844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-67038207995796369112007-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:002007-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:00Feminarian, Thank you for this very important (...Feminarian,<BR/><BR/> Thank you for this very important (to me) post. Now, maybe I can begin to understand why God so often tells us "no" and it's not because He can't or doesn't want to say "yes". Obviously, like that 'pastor', I need to hear "no" quite often.<BR/> And also, you've helped me to begin to explore my own rage. What's it about and of what am I afraid? (Perfect Love casts that sort of bull OUT) Thank you for blogging. You are a mighty blessing and I'm just glad to get to read you again. THANKS!!Tom ta tum Tom https://www.blogger.com/profile/04276662271242383597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-15526810880511792652007-04-13T14:49:00.000-07:002007-04-13T14:49:00.000-07:00Thanks, Nebo. You reminded me of two great orgs th...Thanks, Nebo. You reminded me of two great orgs that I can send the smaller groups to (National Relief Network, our org, only takes student groups - high school & college - of 35 or more). I just found the Diocese of Louisana's relief page: http://www.edola.org/odr_volunteer_main.php<BR/>And Camp Coast Care: http://www.campcoastcare.com/<BR/>So I shall start recommending them to smaller groups. Cool!Stasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864458542635159512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-65713515252858270002007-04-13T14:40:00.000-07:002007-04-13T14:40:00.000-07:00I am glad you went, and sorry you struggled with s...I am glad you went, and sorry you struggled with some local leadership. <BR/><BR/>I have been down four times and took a group (50 High School Students & adults) last summer. We have family down there so it is close to home for us. I have been struck each time by how tired, stressed and stretched every person down there has been. Some of the pastors resistance to reasonable practice and honest theology can be attributed to that. <BR/><BR/>As a slight counterpoint to your experience I worked with the lutheran/episcopal relief sponsored "Camp Coast Care" in Mississippi and St. Anna's Episcopal Church in New Orleans - along with the diocese's staff help. Each of my experiences have been fantastic, if heart-wrenching. Thanks for your work and your post.<BR/><BR/>NeboStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023537271823896495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-38074027899820900322007-04-12T18:38:00.000-07:002007-04-12T18:38:00.000-07:00Hey, Feminarian! I haven't been reading, but I enj...Hey, Feminarian! I haven't been reading, but I enjoyed these posts so maybe I'll start. :-) This is powerful stuff. We think and talk about how to be a clear and consistent progressive Christian voice to the larger culture, but the issue of how to be that voice for other Christians is a pressing one, too. Thanks for your convictions and your ministry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-52269794408526433122007-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:002007-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:00Wow...you can preach to me anytime, sister!Thanks ...Wow...you can preach to me anytime, sister!<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for taking the time to write all this down and share it..Allyson Dylan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06889758824779463307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8428685.post-25169416119514335122007-04-12T08:48:00.000-07:002007-04-12T08:48:00.000-07:00Excellent, excellent, excellent post! You get a f...Excellent, excellent, excellent post! You get a flatout A+ on this, even if you're not totally happy with the seminary paper you just handed in. And you know what? Not to take a thing away from seminary studies or your paper, but I'm bettin' that the subject/s about which you've written here are probably more important than those you wrote about there!The maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158682036840381823noreply@blogger.com