tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post5487405078238649473..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: Hitting Your Spiritual Snooze Button? - Transfiguration ThoughtsAndy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-25088193512255946762007-02-14T19:04:00.000-06:002007-02-14T19:04:00.000-06:00You snooze, you lose.You snooze, you lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-26128690092692112422007-02-14T12:53:00.000-06:002007-02-14T12:53:00.000-06:00Dearest and Most Gentle Reader,I should like to of...Dearest and Most Gentle Reader,<BR/><BR/>I should like to offer my most humble salutations and felicitations on this festal day of St. Valentine. I have the highest regard for our community, the “Methoblog” and wish we could make acquaintance under more auspicious circumstances as I am sure that these acquaintances may yet become a valuable and enriching friendship as we exhort and instruct each other to be conformed in the image of Christ. <BR/><BR/>I remain God’s most humble servant,<BR/><BR/>John WesleyJohn Wesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418135634194754417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-54932292616744275782007-02-14T08:02:00.000-06:002007-02-14T08:02:00.000-06:00I'm intrigued by your process - using the blog to ...I'm intrigued by your process - using the blog to help you reflect on the upcoming sermon.<BR/><BR/>I always figured preachers would be drawn to the part of the story where God tells the disciples "Listen to him!" Wouldn't it help if God did that on regular basis for his ministers?John Meunierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640046073453219165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-49983740332816246192007-02-13T18:12:00.000-06:002007-02-13T18:12:00.000-06:00Thanks for this post. I hope to "steal" some of y...Thanks for this post. I hope to "steal" some of your thoughts for my own sermon preparation and use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-73577817752145474562007-02-13T14:37:00.000-06:002007-02-13T14:37:00.000-06:00While I am not a Christian, this speaks to me meta...While I am not a Christian, this speaks to me metaphorically as well. I see being asleep as not being able to see and experience a God that is right in front of you.<BR/><BR/>Spiritual sleep is a good term in this case. I believe that we close our eyes, hearts and minds to experiencing God. We try to open our eyes and wake up but fail to do so.<BR/><BR/>In response, we create beliefs to compensate for our lack of connection. Essentially, we create dreams. However, being awake means being open to the connection that we have with God at all moments of existence. Once we wake up we are able to develop and grow in the innate connection that we all have but are unaware of because of the restrictions of this existence.<BR/><BR/>So, I agree with your interpratation for the most part except where Christianity and Deism part.MethoDeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840607846753462471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-51751551703112156022007-02-13T13:23:00.000-06:002007-02-13T13:23:00.000-06:00No, I am not a DS far from it.Just like to read M...No, I am not a DS far from it.<BR/><BR/>Just like to read Methodist blogs<BR/><BR/>But I am a Methodist through and through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-31870404047368971532007-02-13T13:00:00.000-06:002007-02-13T13:00:00.000-06:00Wow, hope that anonymous commenter isn't your DS! ...Wow, hope that anonymous commenter isn't your DS! :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reflection on the Transfiguration. I noticed that line about sleeping too, and really like what you've done to reflect on it. That could be a powerful and significant message.<BR/><BR/>I have to agree that the transfiguration is a tough sucker to get your mind around, and I've been reading everything I can get my hands on! I got an insight from Stanley Hauerwaus' new commentary on Matthew (I know, I know, it isn't Luke!). He mentioned the importance of "going on to Jerusalem" rather than staying on the mountain in the homemade dwellings of the burly fisherman. I may tie something in there about refusing the holy-huddle mentality. Going "on to Jerusalem" in spite of danger, peril, etc. is essential for the missional commuity called the Church! What do you think?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320909085661919504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-54479649651750324542007-02-13T12:38:00.000-06:002007-02-13T12:38:00.000-06:00Like your post.However, you had better be careful ...Like your post.<BR/><BR/>However, you had better be careful about mentioning DSs---your position is in their hands this week and coming weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com